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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Sami Quadri

Billionaire Telegram founder Pavel Durov 'arrested in France'

A Russian-French billionaire who founded the popular messaging app Telegram was arrested on Saturday evening at Bourget airport near Paris, according to reports.

Tech mogul Pavel Durov, 39, was reportedly leaving his private jet when he was detained.

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