Telegram leader government Pavel Durov has been arrested through French police at an airport north of Paris.
Mr Durov turned into detained after his personal jet had landed at Le Bourget Airport, French media reported.
According to officers the 39-year- vintage were arrested below a warrant for offences associated with the famous messaging app.
Russia's embassy in France is taking " on the spot steps" to make clear the situation, in line with Russia's TASS kingdom information agency.
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport
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Pavel Durov based Telegram in 2013
Telegram leader government Pavel Durov has been arrested through French police at an airport north of Paris.
Mr Durov turned into detained after his personal jet had landed at Le Bourget Airport, French media reported.
According to officers the 39-year- vintage were arrested below a warrant for offences associated with the famous messaging app.
Russia's embassy in France is taking " on the spot steps" to make clear the situation, in line with Russia's TASS kingdom information agency.
Durov were journeying on his personal jet, French TV channel TF1 stated on its website.
Telegram is specifically famous in Russia, Ukraine and previous Soviet Union states.
The app turned into banned in Russia in 2018, after a preceding refusal through Mr Durov handy over consumer data.
But the ban turned into reversed in 2021.
Telegram is ranked as one of the essential social media systems after Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok and Wechat.
Mr Durov based Telegram in 2013 and he left Russia in 2014 after refusing to conform with authorities needs to close down competition groups on his VKontakte social media platform, which he sold.
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