Over more than a decade, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram has amassed various different citizenships.
FILE - Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov appears at an event on Aug. 1, 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia. of the messaging app Telegram has amassed various different citizenships, something that's only added to the mystery surrounding his detention in France.as a self-proclaimed free-speech absolutist. The app has been used by some to plan protests in repressive governments like in Iran and his native Russia.
After resigning on April Fool's Day, first apparently in jest, Durov left VK for good. He reportedly obtained a residency visa to Dubai, the business hub of the United Arab Emirates. He also received a Saint Kitts and Nevis passport, reportedly by contributing $250,000 to the Caribbean nation’s sugar industry.
By 2017, Durov was living full-time in Dubai, with his Telegram office working from Dubai Media City. Durov had been photographed in a meeting with Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, the crown prince of Dubai, in 2021. A WAM report at the time described Telegram as being “globally headquartered in Dubai” and worth more than $20 billion.
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