Today, Sunday, Durov revealed that “French intelligence agencies contacted him about a year ago through an intermediary, asking him to help the Moldovan government in enforcing censorship and deleting certain Telegram channels before the presidential elections, in an attempt to exploit his legal status to influence political events in Eastern Europe.” Durov indicated that he refused the request and only deleted channels that violated Telegram’s rules, explaining that “he does not delete content for political reasons.”
Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, commented on the statement by Telegram founder Pavel Durov. Zakharova told the “Sputnik” news agency: “Who would doubt that? When the West decides to destroy another state, it acts without a shred of conscience in all fields.”
