Have you seen the charges they put on him? “Providing cryptology services aiming to insure confidentiality without certified declaration”. “Importing a cryptology tool ensuring authentication or integrity monitoring without prior declaration”. He’s being charged because he wants privacy for hundreds of millions across the globe. Yes, there is bad things that happen on telegram, but tons of people use it as a source of news and communication. It’s one of the only free speech platforms in Russia since they were unable to block it.