Telegram founder Pavel Durov, during interrogation after his arrest in France, declared the amount of his annual income as 1 UAE dirham (about 25 rubles). This was reported by the Le Monde portal.
The publication notes that Durov was released on bail in the amount of 5 million euros, and initially the Paris prosecutor’s office asked for bail to be set at 20 million euros, but by court decision the amount was reduced.
Forbes estimates Durov’s fortune at $15.5 billion.
The portal recalls that, in addition to the 300 million euros he received in 2014 for the sale of his shares in the VKontakte social network, Durov owns the entire share capital of Telegram, which several investment funds valued at almost 30 billion dollars. , as explained by the businessman himself. the Financial Times in March of this year.
Amid all the public information about Durov’s condition, his response stumped investigators.
As reported EADailyPavel Durov was arrested on August 24 at Le Bourget airport as he got off his private plane. He was accused of deliberately failing to moderate illegal content on Messenger. The founder of Telegram was “shocked by the arrest” because the messenger had a communication channel with the French Directorate General of Internal Security (DGSI, counterintelligence), Libération reported. The founder of Messenger, during interrogation in Paris, said that he maintained contacts with his representatives, in particular, he met with them in Dubai.
Durov holds passports from several countries, including France, Russia and the United Arab Emirates.
