US EditionParis Arrested Telegram Founder to Meddle in Romanian Election — Moscow
- Pavel Durov, the Russian-born founder of Telegram based in Dubai, was taken into custody in France in August on charges of complicity related to criminal activities by users of his platform, but he was subsequently released on a €5 million bail and departed the country in mid-March.
- The arrest followed allegations that French intelligence accused Telegram of hosting criminal acts, while Durov claimed authorities deflected criticism by unjustly linking him to unrelated investigations, and reports differ on details of these claims.
- Romania's Constitutional Court annulled the November 2024 presidential first round results, citing an unexpected lead by independent right-wing Calin Georgescu fueled by alleged Russian interference, as conservative George Simion narrowly lost a run-off to pro-Brussels Nicusor Dan.
- Durov stated that French intelligence chief Nicolas Lerner visited Romania two days before the vote to request censorship of conservative voices on Telegram during the election campaign, and Russian spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused Macron of detaining Durov to influence Romania's election.
- Amid ongoing disputes over alleged election interference blamed by Romania’s Foreign Ministry on Moscow and dismissed by the Kremlin, Pavel Durov has offered to provide testimony to Romanian authorities regarding his communications with French representatives if it supports the country’s democratic process.
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News.roRussian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The French Authorities Arrested the Founder Telegram to Influence Romania's Elections
On 18 May, the founder of Telegram, Durov, said that the application refused to comply with a request from "a country in Western Europe" to close the channels of Romanian conservators before the election. Article The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spoke: The French authorities arrested the founder Telegram to influence the elections in Romania for the first time appeared in Romania TV.
Zakharova: Paris arrested Telegram founder to meddle in Romanian election
Pavel Durov has said that French intelligence tried to censor conservatives on the platform during election campaign season Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has accused French President Emmanuel Macron of detaining Telegram founder Pavel Durov for the purpose of interfering with the electoral processes in Romania. The accusation comes shortly after Durov claimed that French authorities had enquired with him regarding the issu…
Russia Claims that Macron Would Have Arrested the Founder Telegram, Pavel Durov, to "Direct" Romania's Elections - HotNews.ro
French President Emmanuel Macron arrested Pavel Durov because he understood that "the candidate for the liberal dictatorship" could not win any legitimate context, said the spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,...
Moscow Casts a False Theory About the Influence of France in Romania's Elections. What It Says About Emmanuel Macron and Pavel Durov
Russia has launched serious accusations against France, which are also related to Romania. Maria Zaharova, the spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, claims that French President Emmanuel Macron arrested Pavel Durov, chief of Telegram, to control the presidential trial from us from the country.
Paris arrested Telegram founder to meddle in Romanian election — Moscow
from RT: Pavel Durov has said that French intelligence tried to censor conservatives on the platform during election campaign season Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has accused French President Emmanuel Macron of detaining Telegram founder Pavel Durov for the purpose of interfering with the electoral processes in Romania. The accusation comes shortly after Durov […]
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