Silence since accused the French secret services of interference during the presidential elections in Romania, Pavel Durov speaks the floor to explain an interview with the grain.
The founder and head of Telegram, encrypted messages, is still under the coup of multiple positions, in particular due to the lack of collaboration with the European authorities in terms of moderation. Forced to remain in France by judicial decision, he announced that he had a new legal meeting in July.
Pavel Durov persists and signs his accusations of interference
Since his accusation, Pavel Durov has taken it several times in France, and his last accusation refers to the DGSE, French secret services. He explains that he was contacted by his boss, Nicolas Lerner, and another agent, so that he closes the telegram chains led by supporters of the Romanian candidate of the extreme right during the recent elections in the country. Everything, in a very real context context, but by Russia, which had led to the cancellation of the first presidential elections in the country.
A French intervention strongly denied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the DGSE, but that Pavel Durov confirms again: “It was during a private conversation in Crillon, in the Bataille of Romania “. choice.
Then he explains that he had given a “clear” response: “I did not silence the protesters in Belarus, Russia, Iran or Hongkong, and I will not start doing it in Romania.”
“France always becomes weaker”
When asked about his relationship with President Emmanuel Macron, Pavel Durov explains that he exchanged “for a long time” in Telegram with him: “The last time was the day of my release in the Romanian elections and the DGSE. He sent me a message. I did not answer him.”
For a relationship, it seems friendly, we went to something more frozen. Pavel Durov explaining that “any meeting with the head of the State would” reject “.
For the founder of Telegram, Emmanuel Macron does not “make the right decisions”: “I am very disappointed. France always becomes weaker. There is an obsession with communication, while the royal force does not show itself, test.”
Pavel Durov also takes the opportunity to respond to those who accused him of being close to Vladimir Putin: “I only met a senior Russian official only once, in 2013.” It was at that time at the head of Vkontakte, the local Facebook now largely largely largely by relatives of the regime. “I have not set foot in Moscow for more than ten years.”
He adds that he has not gone to Russia since 2021, while visiting his father in St. Petersburg. Waiting for a possible trial, Pavel Durov requests the lifting of its prohibition to leave the territory.
Source: BFM TV
