The aim of this thesis is to explore how Telegram is used as a tool for social media protests in Russia. The thesis will focus on the relationship between offline and online protests and mainly discuss the application Telegram in this context. It will analyze the positive and negative attributes, as well as the effects and future of Telegram as a tool for social media protests. It will do this by drawing on theory on political socialization, as well as mediatization, while also looking at various research that has been made on the subject. The result shows that Telegram is used as a tool for the Russian people to express their longing and wish for freedom, while it also shows that the Russian state is trying to prevent harm to the Russian people, while still harming them differently, by censoring and blocking their social media. The conclusion discusses these results and questions whether Telegram can uphold the image as a platform for freedom of speech for the Russian citizens.