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Macron was an early adopter of Telegram while French authorities were frustrated by the app because of its reluctance to cooperate.Durov,
39, was detained at Le Bourget airport outside Paris late Saturday on suspicion of 12 offenses related to failing to curb criminal content
on Telegram.He is set to learn on Wednesday whether he will face charges and be remanded in custody.The Russian-born tech entrepreneur left
Russia in 2014 after saying he facing pressure to share users' communications from his VKontakte social media platform with Russian security
investigative outlet reported Tuesday, citing leaked FSB data.WSJ reported that Macron attempted to persuade the tech entrepreneur to move
Telegram to Paris when the two had lunch together in the French capital in 2018.Durov ultimately decided to base Telegram in Dubai.He
obtained both French and UAE citizenship in 2021, and Abu Dhabi invested $75 million into Telegram that year.A Message from The Moscow
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