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when durov was arrested by french police at an airport near paris on august 24, yulia was also taken away by the police for investigation, and her family later said she had lost contact. russian media reported that yulia was released on august 27, but she did not make a public statement until september 6.

recently, rumors have been rife online. the new york post said that some people suspected that yulia's social media updates had revealed durov's whereabouts. the english version of india's daily awakening said that some people speculated that yulia lured durov to france as a "honey trap," and some even suspected that she was an "agent of the israeli intelligence agency mossad," but these claims have not yet been supported by concrete evidence.

according to the instagram account profile, yulia calls herself a anchor and video game player. she is familiar with games, cryptocurrencies and other fields. she is proficient in english, russian, spanish and arabic, and is currently based in dubai, uae.

on the platform, yulia has 35,200 followers.

on september 6, yulia returned to the social platform after many days. she posted a life photo and four landscape photos, including the eiffel tower, the seine river, notre dame de paris and other iconic attractions in paris.

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she wrote: "dear friends, new friends, and family, i am so grateful for your presence in my life. the support i have received is immeasurable. i didn't get back (instagram) sooner, but i'm happy to let you know that everything is okay. there is a lot of false information circulating online, but that is a topic for another time..."

yulia, 24, and durov, 39, have never made their relationship public, but they have been spotted at the same place at the same time many times, and they were also photographed traveling together in uzbekistan by a russian blogger. the new york post said it is not known how yulia and durov met, but they both live in dubai.

russian media found that before durov was arrested, yulia posted posts on social media showing that she and durov were in the same place, including kazakhstan, kyrgyzstan and azerbaijan. yulia also posted photos of what appeared to be the interior of durov's private plane.

after durov was arrested on august 24, yulia's family told afp on august 26 that they could not get in touch with her. russia today said on august 27 that yulia had been released after being questioned by french police, and durov's bodyguards were also released.

there has been increasing speculation online about yulia's possible role in durov's arrest. some have speculated that yulia was an intelligence agent tasked with bringing durov to france, and the most popular rumor is that she was employed by the israeli intelligence agency mossad.

baptiste robert, a french privacy data researcher, said: "it is difficult to say whether her posts directly led to durov's arrest, but if you follow her on social media, you can easily track durov's whereabouts."

on the same day that yulia spoke out (september 6), durov also published a statement after his arrest.firsthe said the reasons used by french police to arrest him at paris airport were "shocking." he also stressed that if any country is dissatisfied with an internet service, it should file a lawsuit against the service itself, not the platform owner.

durov refuted the view that "telegram is a paradise for anarchists", calling this statement "false". he argued that the number of users on the telegram platform has recently surged to 950 million, which has led to "growing pains", but the platform is dealing with related issues every day, including deleting millions of "harmful posts and channels" every day and publishing daily transparency reports. he promised that telegram will continue to be committed to maintaining the security of social networking sites, and discussions on this have already begun within the platform.

public information shows that durov was born in russia. he founded telegram with his brother in 2013, left russia in 2014, moved to the uae in 2017 and moved the headquarters of telegram to dubai. he currently holds citizenship of russia, france, saint kitts and nevis, and the uae. he claims that he has more than 100 children through sperm donation.

durov accepted an interview with the us media on the famous american host tucker carlson x account

after durov was arrested, russian officials spoke out intensively, demanding that the french government release durov and explain the arrest. russia's top human rights official tatyana moskalkova said that the arrest of durov was a blow to freedom of speech. the russian embassy in france said that they asked the french government for an explanation, but the french government temporarily refused to cooperate on this issue.

durov was transferred to the paris court on august 28 and prosecuted. the paris prosecutor announced that durov was formally charged with more than a dozen crimes and violations, including managing an online platform for illegal transactions for organized groups - he could face up to ten years in prison, as well as conspiracy to participate in the dissemination of child pornography, drug smuggling, and refusing to cooperate with law enforcement agencies. durov is also under investigation for allegedly committing "serious violence" against his six-year-old son.

durov has been released on bail of5 million euros, on the condition that he may not leave france during the proceedings and must report to the french police twice a week.