The arrest was based on an arrest warrant for violations related to the popular messaging app.
In France, the police have taken the CEO of Telegram Pavel Durovin caught at an airport near Paris. The arrest was based on an arrest warrant for violations related to the popular messaging app.
An official source who commented on the matter anonymously told news agency AFP about the arrest. According to him, the 39-year-old French-Russian billionaire was arrested at Le Bourget airport north of Paris.
Durov has been founding both the Telegram messaging service and the popular Russian social media site VK.