Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested, conspiracy theorists do their thing
Andrew Tate was early to spin the news in his favor, writing on X (formerly Twitter), “The owner of Telegram, Pavel Durov, has just been arrested in France for failing to censor the truth on his application."
Another conspiracy theory regarding Durov’s arrest concerns the timing of his flights to Azerbaijan and France. Proponents point to the fact that Vladimir Putin was in Azerbaijan at the same time as Durov. Kremlin-controlled media claims that Durov tried to arrange a meeting with Putin which Putin reportedly declined.
Assuming the worst here, theorists claim that Durov voluntarily chose to fly to France to escape Russian retaliation, knowing that his inevitable arrest would provide physical security and buy him time to plan his next move. (Durov is a French citizen with a European Union passport and would prefer European due process to a Russian jail, these theorists claim.)
An offshoot of this theory proposes that European authorities arrested Durov to exert negotiation pressure on Putin. The idea here is that Western governments are presently using their detention of Durov — who has historically cooperated with Putin, such as on his compliant operation of VK, Durov’s Russian version of Facebook — as leverage for geopolitical negotiation with Putin.
For his part, French President Emmanuel Macron claimed that Durov’s arrest wasn’t political. Instead, he assures the public that the arrest narrowly relates to an independent investigation involving 12 alleged criminal violations.
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Andrew Tate was early to spin the news in his favor, writing on X (formerly Twitter), “The owner of Telegram, Pavel Durov, has just been arrested in France for failing to censor the truth on his application."
Another conspiracy theory regarding Durov’s arrest concerns the timing of his flights to Azerbaijan and France. Proponents point to the fact that Vladimir Putin was in Azerbaijan at the same time as Durov. Kremlin-controlled media claims that Durov tried to arrange a meeting with Putin which Putin reportedly declined.
Assuming the worst here, theorists claim that Durov voluntarily chose to fly to France to escape Russian retaliation, knowing that his inevitable arrest would provide physical security and buy him time to plan his next move. (Durov is a French citizen with a European Union passport and would prefer European due process to a Russian jail, these theorists claim.)
An offshoot of this theory proposes that European authorities arrested Durov to exert negotiation pressure on Putin. The idea here is that Western governments are presently using their detention of Durov — who has historically cooperated with Putin, such as on his compliant operation of VK, Durov’s Russian version of Facebook — as leverage for geopolitical negotiation with Putin.
For his part, French President Emmanuel Macron claimed that Durov’s arrest wasn’t political. Instead, he assures the public that the arrest narrowly relates to an independent investigation involving 12 alleged criminal violations.
https://protos.com/telegram-founder-pave...eir-thing/
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