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xinhua news agency, paris, august 28 (reporter tang ji qiao benxiao) according to french media reports, pavel durov, founder and ceo of the social media "telegram" who was previously arrested in france, ended his detention on the 28th and has been transferred to the paris court.

according to information obtained by french media such as bfmtv news from the judicial department, durov was arrested by french police at le bourget airport in the suburbs of paris on the evening of the 24th. his detention period lasted for 96 hours and ended on the 28th. at present, he has been transferred to the paris court and may face his first trial and prosecution.

according to french media reports, the relevant french government departments are investigating illegal activities on the telegram platform, including fraud, drug trafficking, organized crime, child pornography, and the promotion of terrorism. durov was accused of not taking corresponding measures to prevent these crimes. the paris prosecutor's office in france issued a press release on the 26th saying that the paris prosecutor's office began a judicial investigation on july 8 this year, which included 12 charges and was not aimed at specific people, and durov was arrested for this.

durov was born in russia and is now 39 years old. he and his brother nikolay founded telegram in st. petersburg, russia in 2013. durov later moved the headquarters of telegram to dubai, uae. durov holds multiple nationalities including russian, french, and uae.

regarding durov's arrest, russia said it had asked france to explain the reasons for its arrest, but france refused to communicate on the grounds that durov has french nationality. the uae ministry of foreign affairs issued a statement saying that it was paying close attention to the arrest of its citizen durov and had asked the french government to provide all necessary consular services.

telegram currently has about 900 million users and is one of the most important social media platforms in the russian-speaking region. it is also an important platform for both russia and ukraine to voice their opinions on the ukrainian crisis. (end)