France has denied allegations of interfering in Romania’s presidential elections after Telegram founder Pavel Durov claimed a “Western European government” asked him to block Romanian conservatives ahead of the vote. Durov hinted at France with a baguette emoji and accused French intel chief Nicolas Lerner of personally approaching him. France called the accusations “unfounded” and blamed Moscow for interference in the earlier annulled round. The tight runoff between centrist Nicusor and Euroskeptic Simion is now mired in deeper controversy.
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On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron publicly denied reports that he had extended an invitation to Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, to visit France. The..
Sunday, 25 August 2024
Billionaire Telegram founder Pavel Durov was arrested after arriving in France on his private jet at the weekend.
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