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by codedokode 2855 days ago
As I remember, Telegram first didn't even have the Russian language in UI and was used mostly in developing countries in South America and Middle Asia. For example, it was very popular in Iran and was used to spread information about recent anti-government protests [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Iranian_protes...