I blogger militari russi sono nel panico dopo l’arresto del capo di Telegram

>Russian military bloggers are panicking after Pavel Durov, billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at a Paris airport on Saturday evening.

>As news broke that Russian-born Durov was detained after his private jet landed at Le Bourget airport, pro-war military analysts and bloggers took to the platform to lament the future of the conflict in Ukraine, highlighting that Telegram is a critical means of communication within the Russian army.

>The 39-year-old founder of Telegram, a dual French and Russian citizen, was arrested as part of an investigation which alleges that the messaging platform has been used for fraud, drug trafficking, money laundering, and other offenses, French media reported.

>Telegram, launched in 2013, issued a statement late on Sunday saying that Durov “has nothing to hide” and that it abides by all [EU](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/eu) laws. “It is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform,” it said.

>Responding to the news, Russian journalist Alexander Sladkov said that Russia’s military conducts half of its communications via the messaging app, and said an alternative must be created “urgently.”

>”Pavel Durov was arrested. This attack on the owner of [Telegram], on which half of the communications in the [war] are held, was expected. Now we urgently need to create a [Russian military](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/russian-military) messenger,” he wrote.

>”Well, was it impossible to think about this earlier?! Why did the [Wagner Group](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/wagner-group) have such a messenger, but the armed forces of our great Russia do not!?!?” Sladkov said, referring to the Russian paramilitary outfit which was led by the late [Yevgeny Prigozhin](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/yevgeny-prigozhin). “And there is no one to punish. Or maybe we shouldn’t look for the guilty? Russia’s punishment is carelessness. And this is a nightmare.”

What’s wrong, guys? I’m sure you have nothing to hide…

Where will IDF post their latest snuff films if Telegram goes? (actually think telegram shouldn’t be criminalised, surely something else can take its place though)

Cherry pick a couple of comments, ignore 99.95% of other comments about that topic (from the same authors), as well as the fact that AFU are using exactly the same messenger and that there’s plenty of other communication channels, and make a clickbait headline not even related to what’s written in the article.

What a dumb piece of propaganda lol, Goebbels is rolling in his grave

Call me naive, but I don’t think it has much to do with the Ukraine war.

It’s a rich guy, thinking he is above the law, not respecting French law enforcement requests in criminal cases ran on his platform.

The only other person who should be worried is Musk, showing the same disdain of European laws about social networks.

If you see people complaining about “free speech” on the Internet you know it has upset the ruzzians.

I wonder what france want to archive… there is not much he can do but being more strict against illegal content.