Russia might be considering boycotting Telegram for fear of leakage of sensitive information to the West. Telegram has been Russia's military main communication channel in the Ukrainian war. Authorities in Russia are concerned that the detention of Pavel Durov might give the West access to some sensitive security information.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/will-telegram-ceo-pavel-durovs-arrest-unlock-some-top-russian-secrets/articleshow/113263943.cmsThe media hardly talks about fiat fraud, it is always about crypto fraud, spreading fud in the hearts of people that BTC is a scam, just as you can lose your money in fiat is the same way you can lose your money in BTC, the only difference is that stolen fiat is easier to track than BTC, especially when it is used with privacy solutions like mixers and CoinJoin implementations. I agree that the government loves control and that's why they'll never support a decentralized or private system.
There has been an increase in kidnapping for ransom in some parts of my country. Many people would have thought that these criminals would ask for cryptocurrencies as payments. But they always ask for fiat cash payments, and it is almost impossible for the police to track these payments. So, besides online fiat transactions, cash might be very difficult to track.