One meta-note on the situation, is that in my timeline I have seen exactly zero non-western people defending Durov's arrest, but quite a few western people.

Definitely don't want to say that they don't exist (after all, my timeline is biased just like anyone's), just this is what my sample is so far.

IMO this is another example of the decoupling of liberalism and westernism that https://x.com/MacaesBruno often talks about.

Pronouncing the death of privacy due to the Telegram news?

I encourage you to look a little deeper. 

https://x.com/zooko/status/1827806006438703416?s=46&t=kbUluqkrtSAIaGiJXuXVAw

https://www.wired.com/story/the-kremlin-has-entered-the-chat/

probably marginal effect, but suspicious circumstances don't help the situation.

probably marginal effect, but suspicious circumstances don't help the situation. 

https://warpcast.com/mxmnr/0x8801d781