8.30.2024

Investigation or hack?

Russia’s Military Fears for Its Secrets After Telegram Founder’s Arrest

“Many are joking that the arrest of Pavel Durov is essentially the arrest of the chief signals officer of the Russian armed forces,” said Aleksey Rogozin, a Russian parliament adviser and former senior military industry executive.

Durov was arrested in Paris as part of an investigation, the French say, into Telegram's refusing to cooperate with law enforcement. 

He is a citizen of Russia, France, the United Arab Emirates and the Caribbean island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis. He is also, for now, the poster boy for an ongoing tussle between world governments and the operators of encrypted services over the internet.

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