For the arrest of the founder and general director of the Telegram messenger, Pavel Durov is Washington. This point of view was expressed by the chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin.
“Telegram is one of the few and at the same time the largest Internet sites on which the United States has no influence. At the same time, it works in many countries that are of interest to them. In the anticipation of US President Biden, it is important to control Telegram under control. For Washington, surveillance in social networks, their total censorship and submission, including by blackmail under the guise of fighting various threats, are traditional ways of political management and external influence, ”Volodin wrote in his Telegram – channel.
He noted that “most global networks are American in origin” that is controlled by the White House.
“But to force Telegram to prenew and supply data to the State Department and the CIA of the United States yet. Therefore, through France, Durov is trying to charge more than ten crimes, the list of articles on which is quite wide,” the Russian politician said. >
“States where Telegram is actively operating and developing, they need to understand the essence of what is happening and decide for themselves: they want Washington to control this platform, or its work should still not be regulated for the sake of US political interests”, he added.
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According to Russian and French media reports, Durov was detained on August 24 for access to illegal content in Telegram. The detention of a famous entrepreneur provoked a wide resonance.
Telegram itself said that the company is comparing the EU laws, and called the accusations against Durov “absurd”.
In turn, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the embassy in Paris sent a note to the Foreign Ministry of Foreign Affairs demanding a consular access to the detained founder of the messenger.
“The problem is that Pavel Durov has French citizenship. Accordingly, for Paris, for France, he is primarily a citizen of their country,” said Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Russian diplomatic mission.
The owner of the social network X, the American billionaire Ilon Musk called for the release of Durov.
The French judicial authorities on Sunday, August 25, extended the term of detention of the 39-year-old founder of the Telegram messenger for another 48 hours.
The founder of the popular social network VKontakte Pavel Durov left Russia in 2014.
Durov has citizenship of France, the Russian Federation, the UAE and St. Kits and Nevis. His fortune is estimated at almost $ 15 billion.
The monthly audience Telegram exceeded 900 million users.