❗️ Telegram founder Pavel Durov was detained at a French airport in the Paris suburb of Le Bourget, French media reported.
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❗️ Telegram founder Pavel Durov was detained at a French airport in the Paris suburb of Le Bourget, French media reported. 📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
❗️ Pavel Durov is due before a judge Saturday evening and will be charged with multiple offenses, media reported.
The Russian-born entrepreneur was placed on a federal wanted list, according to French news outlets. He was reportedly the subject of a search warrant issued by the French National Directorate of Judicial Police on the basis of a “preliminary investigation.”
The warrant was issued because Durov failed to cooperate with French law enforcement officials, making him an accused accomplice to drug trafficking and other serious crimes, the report claimed.
Possible charges against Durov are related to terrorism, drugs, fraud, money laundering, and child abuse content, French media reported.
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The Russian-born entrepreneur was placed on a federal wanted list, according to French news outlets. He was reportedly the subject of a search warrant issued by the French National Directorate of Judicial Police on the basis of a “preliminary investigation.”
The warrant was issued because Durov failed to cooperate with French law enforcement officials, making him an accused accomplice to drug trafficking and other serious crimes, the report claimed.
Possible charges against Durov are related to terrorism, drugs, fraud, money laundering, and child abuse content, French media reported.
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❗️ Pavel Durov is due before a judge Saturday evening and will be charged with multiple offenses, media reported. The Russian-born entrepreneur was placed on a federal wanted list, according to French news outlets. He was reportedly the subject of a search…
❗️ After news of Pavel Durov's arrest the cryptocurrency TON collapsed in value.
Durov was the creator of the currency.
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❗️ Pavel Durov is due before a judge Saturday evening and will be charged with multiple offenses, media reported. The Russian-born entrepreneur was placed on a federal wanted list, according to French news outlets. He was reportedly the subject of a search…
❗️ Pavel Durov faces 20 years in prison in France. He will soon appear in court as a French citizen, French media reported.
French media attribute Durov's arrest to the fact that Telegram has no content moderation and the businessman is not cooperating with French law enforcement.
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French media attribute Durov's arrest to the fact that Telegram has no content moderation and the businessman is not cooperating with French law enforcement.
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❗️ After news of Pavel Durov's arrest the cryptocurrency TON collapsed in value. Durov was the creator of the currency. 📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
💸 The value of the cryptocurrency Toncoin fell 15% on the global market after news of Telegram founder Pavel Durov's detention in France.
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❗️ Pavel Durov faces 20 years in prison in France. He will soon appear in court as a French citizen, French media reported. French media attribute Durov's arrest to the fact that Telegram has no content moderation and the businessman is not cooperating with…
France may use Durov's trial as a pretense to impose EU sanctions against Telegram, media reported.
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❗️ Pavel Durov faces 20 years in prison in France. He will soon appear in court as a French citizen, French media reported. French media attribute Durov's arrest to the fact that Telegram has no content moderation and the businessman is not cooperating with…
French broadcast network BFM TV confirms the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov, citing a source.
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❗️ Pavel Durov is due before a judge Saturday evening and will be charged with multiple offenses, media reported. The Russian-born entrepreneur was placed on a federal wanted list, according to French news outlets. He was reportedly the subject of a search…
Durov traveled very little in Europe while knowing he was persona non grata in France, but the entrepreneur "made a mistake," French media reported.
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According to media, the search warrant was valid only when Pavel Durov was physically present in France. “Tonight he made a mistake. We don't know why... In any case, he's in custody,” a source close to the investigation told French media.
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❗️ Pavel Durov faces 20 years in prison in France. He will soon appear in court as a French citizen, French media reported. French media attribute Durov's arrest to the fact that Telegram has no content moderation and the businessman is not cooperating with…
“It was a Western country, a Biden administration ally and enthusiastic NATO member that locked him away,” US journalist Tucker Carlson said of Pavel Durov’s arrest in France.
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“Pavel Durov sits in a French jail tonight, a living warning to any platform owner who refuses to censor the truth at the behest of governments and intel agencies. Darkness is descending fast on the formerly free world,” Carlson warned.
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“It was a Western country, a Biden administration ally and enthusiastic NATO member that locked him away,” US journalist Tucker Carlson said of Pavel Durov’s arrest in France. “Pavel Durov sits in a French jail tonight, a living warning to any platform owner…
❗️ Durov was placed on a wanted list just minutes before he landed in Paris and an arrest warrant was issued, a French broadcast network reported.
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❗️ Pavel Durov is due before a judge Saturday evening and will be charged with multiple offenses, media reported. The Russian-born entrepreneur was placed on a federal wanted list, according to French news outlets. He was reportedly the subject of a search…
Who is Pavel Durov, the Telegram CEO arrested in France?
Pavel Durov, the Russian-born founder of the Telegram encrypted messaging app, was arrested at a French airport Saturday evening.
The billionaire co-founder of Telegram Group Inc., who is 39-years-old, had been traveling abroad on his private jet from Azerbaijan and was arrested at Paris's Bourget airport following a French warrant for his arrest issued while he was in flight. The entrepreneur lives in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, where Telegram is based, and holds citizenship in four countries: Russia, St. Kitts and Nevis (an island country in the Caribbean Sea), France, and the UAE, according to media reports.
Durov left Russia in 2014. The 39-year-old is believed to have a net worth of $15.5 billion, according to Forbes.
Durov co-founded Telegram, which has about 900 million active users, with his brother in 2013. The US government has pressured Durov to allow a "backdoor" in the app for Western intelligence, the CEO told US journalist Tucker Carlson earlier this year. However the entrepreneur has maintained that Telegram should remain a “neutral platform” that is not a “player in geopolitics.”
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Pavel Durov, the Russian-born founder of the Telegram encrypted messaging app, was arrested at a French airport Saturday evening.
The billionaire co-founder of Telegram Group Inc., who is 39-years-old, had been traveling abroad on his private jet from Azerbaijan and was arrested at Paris's Bourget airport following a French warrant for his arrest issued while he was in flight. The entrepreneur lives in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, where Telegram is based, and holds citizenship in four countries: Russia, St. Kitts and Nevis (an island country in the Caribbean Sea), France, and the UAE, according to media reports.
Durov left Russia in 2014. The 39-year-old is believed to have a net worth of $15.5 billion, according to Forbes.
Durov co-founded Telegram, which has about 900 million active users, with his brother in 2013. The US government has pressured Durov to allow a "backdoor" in the app for Western intelligence, the CEO told US journalist Tucker Carlson earlier this year. However the entrepreneur has maintained that Telegram should remain a “neutral platform” that is not a “player in geopolitics.”
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❗️ Telegram founder Pavel Durov was detained at a French airport in the Paris suburb of Le Bourget, French media reported. 📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
Tech mogul Elon Musk mocks French censorship after Pavel Durov's arrest
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“It’s 2030 in Europe and you’re being executed for liking a meme,” Musk wrote on X, envisioning an Orwellian future where Western rulers maintain complete control over online expression.
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"They're going to charge [Telegram founder Pavel Durov] with terrorism because he has refused to censor certain groups," former CIA analyst Larry Johnson told Sputnik.
The analyst called the charges against Durov "a trumped up political case," suggesting they are designed to intimidate the tech entrepreneur.
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"Telegram is one of the few channels that actually allows information that's critical of Western policy to go on. I think that's really at the root of this," the ex-State Department official said, noting the platform is used by Hamas supporters in the Middle East.
The analyst called the charges against Durov "a trumped up political case," suggesting they are designed to intimidate the tech entrepreneur.
"There was a time when he was considered friendly with [French President Emmanuel] Macron," Johnson added. "But that's clearly come and gone because this kind of arrest would not have happened without Macron's knowledge and approval."
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Throwback: Durov previously warned of the United States’ attempts to compromise Telegram
Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram encrypted messaging platform, revealed the US’s attempts to break the application’s security and surveil its users during an interview with journalist Tucker Carlson in April.
A backdoor is a term for secret access built into an application that allows government agencies and other actors to break its encryption and spy on users. The US has made efforts to monitor all Internet traffic throughout the world, with former CIA contractor Edward Snowden revealing the NSA's mass spying capabilities, while the US government has also worked to shape the content of online discussion via intelligence agencies' influence over major social media platforms.
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Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram encrypted messaging platform, revealed the US’s attempts to break the application’s security and surveil its users during an interview with journalist Tucker Carlson in April.
“We get too much attention from the FBI and other security agencies whenever we come to the US,” said Durov, recalling the agency’s attempts to question him each time he enters the country.
“They were curious to learn which open source libraries are integrated to the Telegram app on the client side. And they were trying to persuade him [Durov's engineer] to use certain open source tools that he would then integrate into Telegram's code that, in my understanding, would serve as backdoors.”
A backdoor is a term for secret access built into an application that allows government agencies and other actors to break its encryption and spy on users. The US has made efforts to monitor all Internet traffic throughout the world, with former CIA contractor Edward Snowden revealing the NSA's mass spying capabilities, while the US government has also worked to shape the content of online discussion via intelligence agencies' influence over major social media platforms.
“I personally experienced similar pressure in the US,” he continued. “Whenever I would go to the US I would have two FBI agents greeting me at the airport, asking questions… My understanding is that they wanted to establish a relationship to control Telegram better.”
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"They're going to charge [Telegram founder Pavel Durov] with terrorism because he has refused to censor certain groups," former CIA analyst Larry Johnson told Sputnik. "Telegram is one of the few channels that actually allows information that's critical of…
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“If you're a Russian billionaire you got a big, fat target on your back” – ex-CIA analyst Larry Johnson
Even though Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been living outside of Russia for 10 years, the West still considers him a target for repression.
Meanwhile, diplomats at the Russian embassy in France have begun working on Pavel Durov's case, Russia's Foreign Ministry told Sputnik.
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Even though Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been living outside of Russia for 10 years, the West still considers him a target for repression.
"I think the Westerners, the French in particular, have made a mistake in grabbing him because they think that this is going to somehow create leverage or create an issue with Russia," Johnson said.
Meanwhile, diplomats at the Russian embassy in France have begun working on Pavel Durov's case, Russia's Foreign Ministry told Sputnik.
"I think the major issue with respect to the West is, one: the coverage that he provides about what's going on in Ukraine and the coverage he allows with respect to the Israeli genocide against Palestinians in the Middle East and in Gaza and the West Bank," said Johnson. "I think particularly the last issue has rankled the Israelis quite a bit. And they've been looking to shut him down."
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“If you're a Russian billionaire you got a big, fat target on your back” – ex-CIA analyst Larry Johnson Even though Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been living outside of Russia for 10 years, the West still considers him a target for repression. "I think…
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“It can happen to anybody” – former CIA analyst Larry Johnson
Any person who shares their views via Russian media outlets can be targeted by the Western repression machine, Johnson warned.
“They've already gone after Dimitri Simes. Dimitri is an American [citizen] who became a naturalized American in the 1970s because he was a dissident against the Soviet Union, against the Communist Party,” Johnson said, referring to the FBI's recent raid on the home of the former political advisor.
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Any person who shares their views via Russian media outlets can be targeted by the Western repression machine, Johnson warned.
“Any of us US contributors to places like Sputnik, Izvestia or RT could become targets,” the ex-State Department official emphasized.
“They've already gone after Dimitri Simes. Dimitri is an American [citizen] who became a naturalized American in the 1970s because he was a dissident against the Soviet Union, against the Communist Party,” Johnson said, referring to the FBI's recent raid on the home of the former political advisor.
“And now the very country that he fled to for freedom and protection has turned on him and unleashed our version of the secret police on him,” Johnson lamented, musing on the state of free speech in America in 2024.
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The Israel Defense Forces launched strikes on southern Lebanon after claiming the Lebanese group Hezbollah was preparing a large-scale attack on Israel.
The settlements of Kounin, Beit Yahoun, Hadatha, Rshaf, and Al-Tayreen have been targeted, according to Lebanese media.
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"The IDF identified the Hezbollah terrorist organization preparing to fire missiles and rockets toward Israeli territory. In response to these threats the IDF is striking terror targets in Lebanon," IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a statement on Telegram.
The settlements of Kounin, Beit Yahoun, Hadatha, Rshaf, and Al-Tayreen have been targeted, according to Lebanese media.
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