Editor's note: This story first appeared in March 2022 and has been updated to reflect the most recent financial figures and Durov's arrest in France. Pavel Durov is the founder and owner of ...

PARIS (AP) — French authorities handed preliminary charges to Telegram CEO Pavel Durov on Wednesday ... and to the Russia-born Durov's own unusual biography and multiple passports.

The tech world reacted strongly on Saturday when Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in Paris. This event could have significant effects on leaders of other social media companies as ...

Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram, has been placed under formal investigation in France as part of a probe into organised crime on the messaging app. Prosecutors in Paris ...

Last weekend's arrest in France of Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov had repercussions in Latin America. The move was first regarded as an attack on freedom of speech despite the magistrates ...

Telegram's chief executive, the Russian-born Pavel Durov, faces charges in France for refusing to cooperate with police over illegal activity on his popular digital portal. But worries spread that ...

Since Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire and founder of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested on landing in Paris on Saturday evening, there has been more speculation than substance ...

Telegram founder and chief executive Pavel Durov said Monday that the messaging platform had removed more "problematic content", weeks after his arrest in France on charges of failing to act ...

Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, is worth $15.5 billion, according to Forbes. French authorities arrested Durov in late August amid an investigation into criminal activity by Telegram users.