šØ Breaking News: Russia warns France: āDonāt try to intimidate Telegram founderā
The Russian government warned France on Tuesday 27th not to try to āintimidateā Telegram founder Pavel Durov. The billionaire was detained in Paris for allegedly failing to take measures to prevent the criminal use of the messaging platform.
āThe charges are very serious and require equally strong evidence. Otherwise, it would be a direct attempt to restrict freedom of communication (ā¦) and even to directly intimidate the director of a large company,ā said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Durov, a Franco-Russian who has lived in Dubai in recent years, was arrested late Saturday upon arriving at Le Bourget airport, on the outskirts of Paris, from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.