On April 30, 2018, a rally against the authorities’ blocking of Telegram took place on Sakharov Avenue in Moscow. The protest was organized in part by Alexei Navalny. Thousands of people attended, many carrying paper airplanes — a symbol of the messenger app and resistance to internet censorship. Alexei Navalny also spoke at the rally, and the event became one of the notable episodes in the struggle for a free internet in Russia.
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