LONDON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 11th January, 2019) Telegram Messenger limited liability partnership (LLP), registered in the United Kingdom, filed for liquidation in December as evidenced by the application seeking to strike the entity off the register, released by the UK Companies House registrar.
The respective application was signed by Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov on December 19, 2018. "Active � Active proposal to strike off," reads the company's status on the registrar's website.
The notice for the company's voluntary strike-off will be published in the First Gazette on January 15, according to the Companies House.
Durov's other company registered in the United Kingdom, Telegram Open Network Limited, was dissolved via compulsory strike-off last November.
On April 13, a Moscow district court authorized Roskomnadzor, the Russian communications watchdog, to block Telegram messenger in Russia without waiting for the appeal's consideration. The court pointed out that Telegram would remain blocked in Russia until it provided encryption keys to the Russian authorities since the messenger could be used by terrorists for communication.
The blocking of Telegram in the country has commenced on April 16. Durov said that the messenger would use built-in methods to bypass the restriction. In response, Roskomnadzor has blocked a range of IP addresses belonging to Google and Amazon, which were used by Telegram.
