Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's lawyer calls French prosecutors' claims of the his complicity in alleged criminal activity on the messaging app 'totally absurd.'
Paris — French authorities handed preliminary charges to Telegram CEO Pavel Durov on Wednesday for allowing alleged criminal activity on his messaging app and barred him from leaving France pending further investigation. Free-speech advocates and authoritarian governments have spoken in Durov's defense since his weekend arrest, with the chief Kremlin spokesman in Moscow warning Thursday that the case must 'not to run into political persecution.
Russia 'ready' to help Durov amid its own crackdown on free speechDurov's arrest in France has caused outrage in Russia, with some government officials calling it politically motivated and proof of the West's double standard on freedom of speech. The outcry has raised eyebrows among Kremlin critics as, in 2018, Russian authorities themselves tried to block the Telegram app but failed, withdrawing the ban in 2020.
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