In plans Roskomnadzor (and not only) to arrange armageddon for Russian users of Telegram. The messenger team assumed such a solution and included in the functional support connections with proxy servers based on SOCKS5 protocol.
SOCKS is a network protocol that allows client-server applications to transparently (unbeknownst to them) use services behind firewalls (firewalls).
The option is already available in Telegram Desktop and Mac, and mobile clients will receive it in the next update.
Tip: enable the automatic update option in the settings.
How can I still have access to Telegram after the messenger is blocked in Russia?
First, enable SOCKS5 before the lock starts.
If for some reason you do not have time to do this, then you will have to tighten it. from Russian Google Play and the AppStore, Telegram customers are likely to disappear. Here will help Vpn and Tor, through which you can download Telegram in American stores. But do not flatter yourself - ahead of the law on prohibiting the means of circumvention of blockages, adopted in the first reading in the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
Tip: in the settings of Android, you can download updates not from the official store, and download the update of the Telegram from the site of the messenger
https://telegram.org.
Configuring SOCKS 5
We give the instruction in Russian:
1) Go to the settings of the desktop Telegram and click "Default (now: TCP)".
2) Switch to the "Connection Type" menu on the "TCP socks5-proxy"
3) Enter the proxy server address (for example, 192.254.68.37), the corresponding port (1080). It is better to use the proxy addresses of America, Germany, Sweden or England. Then tick "Use IPv6" and save.
How to find a proxy server?
Just go to the following links:
US Proxy
Proxy server in England
Germany Proxy Server
Proxy server in Sweden
Just take the server for SOCKS5, do not mix it with HTTP.
You can configure this free list (socks - sockslist.net).
Now by default your Telegram will connect via the selected proxy server.