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Pavel Durov

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Julia Ioffe • September 4, 2024

A Game of Telegram

Ever since his arrest in Paris, Telegram founder Pavel Durov has become an unlikely free-speech martyr, somehow uniting both Navalny supporters and the Kremlin in their praise of him. And yet, the truth about Durov’s actions appears to be at odds with the legend.
Julia Ioffe • August 27, 2024
The Durov Delusion
Pavel Durov was detained by French authorities.
The billionaire Telegram founder, now a cause célèbre among the Russian opposition following his arrest in France, is not quite the free speech hero he is made out to be.