INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Kremlin denied Monday that President Vladimir Putin met with Telegram founder Pavel Durov in Azerbaijan before the tech entrepreneur's
arrest in France over the weekend.Durov was detained at Paris-Le Bourget Airport shortly after arriving from Baku on Saturday night for
alleged offenses related to his popular Telegram messaging app, French media reported.Kremlin-linked Telegram news channels claimed that
18-19, but Putin allegedly turned him down.When asked about the reports, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that no meeting took
However, critics accuse Telegram of hosting illegal content, including explicit material, disinformation and drug sales.AFP, citing an
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