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Russia probes Telegram founder in bid to subjugate the app

24.02.2026, 10:47

Pavel Durov, who now resides in the United Arab Emirates, left Russia in 2014. — Pavel Durov, who now resides in the United Arab Emirates, left Russia in 2014. Photo by AOP.Press/Corbis via Getty Images

Pavel Durov, who now resides in the United Arab Emirates, left Russia in 2014.