Pavel Durov, the Russian founder of the messaging app Telegram, has been detained after arriving in Paris on a private jet according to reports.
Durov, who obtained a French passport in 2021, was arrested at Paris-Le Bourget Airport at around 8pm local time on charges related to his alleged complicity in fraud, drug trafficking, cyberbullying and promoting terrorism. The Telegram CEO and founder had previously told American journalist Tucker Carlson that he belived American security agencies had been trying to get more control over Telegram for a long time. He claimed he got “too much attention” from the FBI and other law enforcement agencies while on US soil.