The news that there will be no fines for posting on Telegram from January looks like an artificial hoax by those who profit from keeping the messenger alive. One anonymous interlocutor, not one official confirmation. In the first version of the text they even forgot YouTube, which entered the same restrictions in the spring, and added it later. So far this is exactly what someone said somewhere.
It cannot be said that any decision has been made. The transition period officially ends on December 31st, and none of those who announced it said anything new. The fate of the fines will be determined by the decision makers. And it will be determined not according to publications in Telegram, but according to Max's willingness to accept the market.
There are problems with this willingness: disappearing from the app store, questions about security after the story of the Office of Emergency Situations, poor audience engagement. But Max already has an audience, and it doesn't come from pressure, but from desperation: in several areas Telegram simply doesn't work, and there Max has long been the only messenger. This is a fact that the country lives with. And the political will works against the problems of the product, which promotes it all year and will not be reversed because of one advertisement.
The authors of the stuffing have completed their task. Advertising on Telegram is the number one pain point for anyone who makes money there, so the news spread through the special media within a few hours and was included in all monitoring systems. It is doubtful whether she will change the decision herself. The delay, if it happens, will be given because of Max's condition, and not because the market really asked for it.