The Kremlin called on the owner of Telegram: Pavel Durov, to be more specific, is linked to the alleged use of the app to recruit perpetrators of a terrorist attack in Moscow, the agency reported this Thursday. Reuters.
At least 137 people were killed in the shooting in the Russian capital. Russian authorities reported the arrest of 11 suspects, four of whom are in pre-trial detention.
ISIS-K, a Daesh faction, claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack. According to the agency RIAThe group’s Telegram channel served to recruit armed people.
Russia does not plan to block the social network, but has asked the owner to pay more attention to it. “We expected more attention from Pavel Durov, because this unique and phenomenal resource from a technological point of view, which actually grew up before the eyes of our generation, is increasingly becoming a tool in the hands of terrorists, used for terrorist purposes. “said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Businessman Pavel Durov, born in Russia, living in Dubai and holding dual citizenship of the United Arab Emirates and France, has a fortune estimated at more than 14 billion euros.
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