Last updated on September 1st, 2024 at 03:49 pm
“It looks like he overestimated himself. Durov believed he had unchecked freedom and is too significant to be arrested. France thought differently,” said Russian journalist Nikolai Kononov, according to a report in the Guardian.
Since its launch in 2013, the Russian-born billionaire CEO of Telegram has presented the messaging platform as a politically neutral refuge, free from government control and an important haven for free speech. But things started changing for him lately.
Durov has avoided a prison sentence this time. He is out on a €5 million bail, but has been required to surrender his three passports – French, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Russian. He is being accused of being involved in multiple violations on the Telegram app.
The entrepreneur is often regarded as “Russia’s Zuckerberg”. But is he an “internet prophet”? Before founding Telegram, he had found another platform called VKontakte. It started becoming immensely popular among Russian-speaking audience, but couldn’t last long.
Durov gradually lost control of VK to investors linked to Mail.ru, a company controlled by a Russian oligarchy close to the Kremlin. He eventually decided to leave Russia. He is prominent for rarely staying in one place for long.
Telegram’s global success, as it has attracted nearly a billion users, demonstrate that Pavel Durov isn’t a copycat artist. He has kept details of his private life largely secret, though he recently disclosed that he has over 100 children for being a sperm donor.
During his arrest, after arriving in Paris on his private jet, Durov had reportedly been accompanied by 24-year-old Juli Vavilova, a Dubai-based crypto coach and streamer. Interestingly, the entrepreneur also holds Emirati citizenship.
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