Reasons for Durov’s arrest

According to the latest revelations, Pavel Durov is accused of not being moderate on Telegram and refusing to cooperate with the police. French police sources said that Durov was detained as part of the preliminary investigation.

In the first official confirmation of Durov’s arrest, French President Emmanuel Macron said the Telegram founder had been arrested. There was no political purpose.

The arrest of the head of Telegram in France was part of an ongoing judicial investigation. This is in no way a political decision. This decision should be made by the judges.
Macron wrote.

Durov is under investigation by the National Service for Combating Cybercrime and Fraud, a police representative told reporters For refusing to cooperate in the investigation of cybercrimes and financial crimes on Telegram. He is still in custody.

• It will be recalled that Russian-born Pavlo Durov was arrested at Le Bourget airport near Paris in France shortly after boarding a private plane from Azerbaijan.
• The lack of official confirmation led to many speculations about the reasons for his detention, in particular, there were versions that he was detained for allegedly facilitating drug trafficking and not responding to child abuse cases on Telegram messenger.
• The 39-year-old billionaire, nicknamed “Russian Mark Zuckerberg”, has dual citizenship – France and the United Arab Emirates. The network also reported that Durov has French citizenship, which is why he was not extradited to Russia.