Russian-born Durov was detained Saturday at Paris’s Bourget Airport on a warrant related to Telegram’s lack of moderation.
Durov, who has French citizenship, was detained in a surprise arrest at Le Bourget airport, just outside Paris, on Saturday evening after arriving in the country from Azerbaijan on his private jet.
French authorities apprehended Durov upon his arrival in the country from a flight coming from Azerbaijan.
That’s because Telegram is widely used by the Russian military for battlefield communications thanks to problems with rolling out its own secure comms system.