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> Basically, any cryptography exported/imported that is not about authentication or integrity control, or a set of other exceptions, needs to be approved from the Prime Minister's office.

Only exports have to be approved. Imports are solely subjected to a declaration (which involves handing over the source code).

And yes, the point is to get their hands on the source code of encryption protocoles to give it to their information agencies. Welcome to the real world.

> So, if I'm reading this correctly, if Telegram was end to end encrypted, they wouldn't have had to declare to the PM.

You are not reading this correctly. Providing E2E chats is giving access to the encryption functionality to end users.