Russia: France continues to ignore our request for diplomatic access to Durov

According to RCO News Agency, Maria Zakharova, spokesperson of the French Foreign Ministry, told Sputnik not long ago that Moscow has requested consular access to Durov.

“We have sent a request for access, but so far we have not received a response from the French authorities,” the Russian embassy told Sputnik News agency on Wednesday.

“Pavel Durov”, a well-known Russian entrepreneur in the field of technology and the CEO of Telegram company, who also holds French citizenship, was charged with “terrorism, drug trafficking” late on Saturday, shortly after the plane carrying him landed at Le Bourget airport in Paris. and money laundering” was arrested.

Agence France-Presse also reported, citing its sources, that after almost four days of questioning by French investigators, Durov was handed over to judicial authorities to decide on further actions.

A Paris judge will decide whether to press charges against the Telegram founder, and then the court will decide whether to detain him or release him, possibly including restrictions.

Sources close to the investigation have said that Durov is under investigation on the suspicion of 12 crimes related to the lack of control of extremist and criminal content in Telegram.

According to news sources, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has been released from police custody to meet with an investigating judge.

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