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'Pavel Durov took money from the same Russian oligarchs he criticized. At the same time, he wrote posts claiming he was forced to leave Russia. This was part of a PR strategy,' former Telegram director Anton Rosenberg told in an in-depth interview.

Anton Rosenberg, the former director of special projects at the instant messaging service Telegram, is convinced that Pavel Durov is not someone who places a high value on civil liberties.

Anton Rosenberg, the former director of special projects at the instant messaging service Telegram, is convinced that Pavel Durov is not someone who places a high value on civil liberties. Afterward, he began writing posts criticizing all the participants in the story, including Alisher Usmanov (currently an oligarch under Western sanctions, the richest person in Russia, and close to Putin – editor’s note). Durov agreed with the Americans not to create the cryptocurrency TON, and then a month or two later, Telegram’s vice president, Ilya Perekopsky, met with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Moscow.

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