Note how Signal and Whats-up were not targeted. So it was never about cutting access to western information sources, which is why respectable mainstream media (BBC, CNN etc) and even US state sponsored propaganda (RFE, VOA etc) are still available.
In case of Telegram it was about gaining access to the messages, the current Russian survailance law demands such access if the warrant for the specific individual has been issued (compare and contrast with western style mass survailance which often uses illegal backdoors).
So no, it is/was not about Russia/Putin being evil, which is probably why you do not understand our/his behaviour.
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