Where media coverage diverges

• Warrant Motivation

  Russian state media and some international outlets relay the FSB's counter-terrorism narrative without questioning it, while German and American press interpret it as a Kremlin move to regain control of Telegram.

  Coverage aligned with this reading

  RussiaBangladesh

  Coverage that diverges

  GermanyUnited States

• Individual or Structural Responsibility

  Australia treats the matter as a structural failure in Telegram's content moderation as a platform, while France and the United States read it primarily as the personal targeting of Durov, already prosecuted in France.

  Coverage aligned with this reading

  Australia

  Coverage that diverges

  FranceUnited States

• Reliability of FSB Figures

  Independent Russian press in exile (relayed in the Russian perspective) notes a numerical discrepancy between official agencies (46 recruits according to the FSB, 19 according to the Investigative Committee), an inconsistency not picked up by other perspectives, which cite the FSB figure without questioning it.

  Coverage aligned with this reading

  AustraliaBangladeshFranceUnited StatesGermany

  Coverage that diverges

  Russia

This grouping describes the publications analysed, not the position of these countries’ populations or of their governments.

Measured with the previous method (distance between texts), on a different scale.