Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram messaging app, said that Russian government had opened criminal investigation against him.

The man who outlasted a French arrest now faces a Russian prison threat from the country he left behind two decades ago.

​Russia has launched a probe of Telegram founder, Pavel Durov for allegedly abetting terrorist activities, following the breakdown in talks with the tech

MOSCOW: Russia stepped up its bid to subjugate the Telegram messaging app on Tuesday (Feb 24), announcing in a state-run newspaper that it was investigating billionaire founder Pavel Durov as part of a criminal case involving accusations of terrorism.Russia is trying to block Telegram, which has more than 1 b