The CEO of Telegram, Durov

(March 17): The billionaire and CEO of Telegram, Pavel Durov, is located in the United Arab Emirates, where he is a citizen after France has temporarily relaxed the conditions imposed on him as part of a criminal probe in connection with his messaging app.

“As you may have heard, I returned to Dubai after several months in France because it has an investigation in connection with the activity of criminals in the telegram,” wrote Durov in a post on Monday. “I would like to thank the investigative judges to make this happen.”

A judicial order in which Durov had to remain in France during the investigation was suspended from March 15 to April 7 at the command of the investigative judges, according to an official of the public prosecutor's office of the Paris public prosecutor. Agence France press Previously, Durov reported to leave the country.

The 40 -year -old Durov was charged in August by the French prosecutors in connection with crimes committed in the app, including sexually explicit pictures of children. He refused the indictment.