Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been allowed to temporarily leave France, the place he’s charged with a number of infractions linked to allegedly enabling organised crime, sources informed AFP.
“He departed France this morning,” a supply acquainted with the case informed AFP, including Durov had left with the authorities’ permission.
According to one other supply, an investigating choose had authorised him to leave France for “several weeks.”
A 3rd supply stated Mr. Durov had departed for Dubai.
A Telegram spokeswoman declined to remark when reached by AFP, saying the corporate would later concern an announcement.
The investigating choose accepted Durov’s request to modify circumstances of his supervision a number of days in the past, stated the supply shut to the case.
Mr. Durov, now 40, was sensationally detained at Le Bourget airport outdoors Paris in August 2024 and charged with a litany of violations associated to the favored messaging app he based. He had been banned from leaving the nation.
After days of questioning, he was charged with a number of counts of failing to curb extremist and terrorist content material and launched on a five-million-euro ($5.6 million) bail.
Mr. Durov — who holds Russian, French and United Arab Emirates passports — initially criticised his arrest, however he has since introduced steps showing to bow to Paris’s calls for.
In January, the Telegram founder informed investigating magistrates in France that he “realised the seriousness of all the allegations”, in accordance to a supply.
Published – March 15, 2025 08:04 pm IST
