Tag: Pavel Durov

How ‘Russia’s answer to Mark Zuckerberg’ ended up under arrest in France

Pavel Durov was once hailed as Russia’s answer to Mark Zuckerberg. Now, he is facing prison in France.The billionaire co-founder of Telegram – an...

Russia's Medvedev says Durov miscalculated by fleeing Russia

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday that Pavel Durov, the Russian-born founder of the Telegram messaging app, miscalculated...

Experts say Telegram’s ’30 engineers’ team is a security red flag

Over the weekend, a clip from a recent interview with Telegram’s founder Pavel Durov went semi-viral on X (previously Twitter). In the video,...

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