Pavel Durov detained in Paris. 🤯What is known at this minute?

✹ The founder of the Telegram messenger was detained at Le Bourget airport when he arrived from Azerbaijan. He was accompanied by a bodyguard and an unknown woman.

✹ Durov is accused of complicity in serious crimes due to his refusal to moderate content on Telegram. Among them, TF1 names terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering and others.

✹ Durov has French citizenship, but he has recently avoided traveling to Europe because he assumed that he could be arrested, the TV channel reported.

✹ Today, as the TV channel writes, Durov will appear before an investigating judge. The entrepreneur will probably be arrested.

✹ The rate of the TON cryptocurrency, which is used in the messenger, has already fallen by 12%.

✹ Meduza requested a comment from Telegram Vice President Ilya Perekopsky, but there was no response at the time of publication.