The channel of Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Russia's Chechen Republic, was the most-followed political channel on Telegram in the country, with approximately two million subscribers as of May 26, 2025. The channel of the journalist Vladimir Soloviev ranked sixth with around 1.3 million followers.
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TGStat. (May 26, 2025). Leading political Telegram channels in Russia as of May 26, 2025, by number of subscribers (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342604/most-followed-political-telegram-channels-russia/
TGStat. "Leading political Telegram channels in Russia as of May 26, 2025, by number of subscribers (in 1,000s)." Chart. May 26, 2025. Statista. Accessed May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342604/most-followed-political-telegram-channels-russia/
TGStat. (2025). Leading political Telegram channels in Russia as of May 26, 2025, by number of subscribers (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342604/most-followed-political-telegram-channels-russia/
TGStat. "Leading Political Telegram Channels in Russia as of May 26, 2025, by Number of Subscribers (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 May 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342604/most-followed-political-telegram-channels-russia/
TGStat, Leading political Telegram channels in Russia as of May 26, 2025, by number of subscribers (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342604/most-followed-political-telegram-channels-russia/ (last visited May 08, 2026)
Leading political Telegram channels in Russia as of May 26, 2025, by number of subscribers (in 1,000s) [Graph], TGStat, May 26, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342604/most-followed-political-telegram-channels-russia/
