Of all the social networks that are still active in Russia, the most important for us is Telegram. Lenin once spoke in roughly the same words about the key role of cinema, but today we hear questions about the survival of online platforms and applications. Of course, in the current tense situation, not all social networks are suitable, so others have disappeared, and these are far away. However, judging by the constant attention of the authorities to the problem, as well as by the severity of the public reaction to the statements from above, the issue of social networks is still relevant to both the top and the bottom. This means that Russians still have something to lose in the social networking space, but it is also a signal that the continued operation of the few remaining platforms and applications in the country is not their merit, but someone's departmental shortcoming.