According to ChainCatcher, according to a video interview by Tucker Carlson, a well-known American political commentator and journalist, with Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, Durov said in the interview: "Whenever we come to the United States, we receive too much attention from the FBI and other security agencies. The last time I went to the United States, I brought an engineer who worked at Telegram. Cybersecurity officials or agents tried to secretly hire my engineer behind my back. They were curious about which open source libraries were integrated into Telegram's application and tried to convince him to use certain open source tools that acted as backdoors."

“I personally have experienced similar pressure in the US. Whenever I go to the US, I am greeted at the airport by two FBI agents asking questions. My understanding is that they want to establish a relationship to better control Telegram.”