Pavel Durov has been granted conditional release on a range of charges related to the messaging app, but is not permitted to leave the country.
The chief of messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, has been placed under formal investigation after being charged by the French judiciary with a range of charges related to the app. Durov was granted conditional release on Wednesday against a bail of five million euros and on the condition he must report to a police station twice a week. He will also be unable to leave France, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement following an hours-long hearing with two investigating magistrates.
Telegram is a popular encrypted messaging and social media app similar to WhatsApp. It was founded in 2013 by Durov and his brother Nikolai. Durov's arrest in France has caused outrage in Russia, with some government officials calling it politically motivated and proof of a double standard on freedom of speech.
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