Authorities in several Russian regions have launched procurement tenders for software designed to monitor Telegram and other social media platforms, identify what they describe as “destructive” content, and track down the individuals responsible for publishing it.

In the Republic of Mordovia, authorities are prepared to spend 1.15 million rubles on a system called “Insider.” The software is designed to monitor comments around the clock using specific keywords and identify the users who publish them, The Caspian Post reports, citing Russian media.

The procurement is being handled by the state-funded Republican Civic-Patriotic Youth Center. According to the technical requirements, the system must create detailed user profiles containing their message histories and the groups in which they participate. Where available, these profiles should also include phone numbers and information about donations made through Telegram Stars.

Additionally, the system must maintain a database of at least 600,000 Telegram accounts registered to phone numbers issued by telecommunications operators in Mordovia.

“Insider” reportedly identifies users by matching Telegram IDs with phone numbers found in leaked databases. Once a match is established, the software can retrieve additional information from those databases, including home addresses, places of employment, Federal Tax Service (FNS) records, email addresses, and possible personal connections.

The system can reportedly continue identifying accounts even when users hide their phone numbers or delete their usernames on Telegram, as their account IDs remain unchanged.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Youth Affairs of Karachay-Cherkessia has also decided to purchase similar software, allocating 550,000 rubles for the project.

Under the technical specifications, the contractor must, among other tasks, verify whether more than 300,000 phone numbers supplied by the ministry are registered on Telegram.

The tender was awarded to the developer of a system called “Seus,” which claims its software can identify accounts associated with various “destructive phenomena,” compile digital dossiers, and establish connections between users.

The same software was also purchased by the Youth Policy Center of the Tomsk Region for 1.37 million rubles.

Earlier, in September, a local organization in Veliky Novgorod-the Youth Center, a regional institution responsible for military-patriotic education and preparing citizens for military service-signed a 472,000-ruble contract to obtain a license for an unnamed system.

The software is intended to search and conduct statistical analysis of text content published on Telegram and VKontakte.