Media reports that Pavel Durov was detained at Paris's Le Bourget Airport upon exiting his private jet.
"Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the encrypted messaging service Telegram, was arrested this Saturday evening around 8:00 PM as he disembarked from his private plane on the tarmac at Le Bourget Airport. The arrest was made by the GTA (Air Transport Gendarmerie).
The 39 years old French/Russian citizen was accompanied by a woman and his bodyguard.
Listed in the FPR (Wanted Persons File), Pavel Durov was arriving directly from Azerbaijan. A French search warrant, issued by OFMIN - the French National Judicial Police, was issued based on a preliminary investigation."
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