• Aqarius@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Durov only founded Telegram after he left Russia over Maidan. He was, however, recently arrested by the French, so…

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      18 hours ago

      He left it performatively. Since then, he’s secretly visited Russia, one time just around its unblocking in Russia, while pretending to be a fugitive.

      Edit: Here’s an article on that.