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Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been allowed to temporarily leave France, where he is charged with multiple infractions linked to allegedly enabling organised crime, sources told AFP.<\/p>\n
“He departed France this morning,” a source familiar with the case told AFP, adding Durov had left with the authorities’ permission.<\/p>\n
According to another source, an investigating judge had authorised him to leave France for “several weeks.”<\/p>\n
A third source said Durov had departed for Dubai.<\/p>\n
A Telegram spokeswoman declined to comment when reached by AFP, saying the company would later issue a statement.<\/p>\n
The investigating judge accepted Durov’s request to modify conditions of his supervision several days ago, said the source close to the case.<\/p>\n
Durov, now 40, was sensationally detained at Le Bourget airport outside Paris in August 2024 and charged with a litany of violations related to the popular messaging app he founded. He had been banned from leaving the country.<\/p>\n
After days of questioning, he was charged with several counts of failing to curb extremist and terrorist content and released on a five-million-euro ($5.6 million) bail.<\/p>\n
Durov — who holds Russian, French and United Arab Emirates passports — initially criticised his arrest, but he has since announced steps appearing to bow to Paris’s demands.<\/p>\n
In January, the Telegram founder told investigating magistrates in France that he “realised the seriousness of all the allegations”, according to a source.<\/p>\n
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