The founder of the messenger Pavel Durov has rejected accusations that Telegram is controlled by the Russian authorities.
The Telegram messenger aims to remain neutral and not become a “geopolitical player”. This was stated by its founder Pavel Durov in an interview with propagandist Tucker Carlson, Reuters reports.
According to Durov, Telegram wants to be “politically neutral”. He rejected accusations that the messenger is controlled by the Russian authorities, stating that they are allegedly spread by competitors.
Telegram currently has 900 million users from all over the world. Durov expects that there will be 1 billion of them in a year.
The Telegram team is currently based in Dubai, where Durov has lived for the past seven years after, according to him, he was forced to leave Russia due to pressure from the Russian authorities.
As a reminder, a bill has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada, which proposes to regulate the activities of the Telegram messenger. The argument for regulating Telegram is that this platform may be linked to Russia.
