AFP, citing its own sources, reported that Pavel Durov's detention has been extended. Recall that he was detained by gendarmes at Paris's Le Bourget airport on Saturday.
According to media reports, the detention period for interrogation can last no more than 96 hours. After this time, a judge must press charges or decide to release the founder of Telegram. He could face up to 20 years in prison. At the moment, it is known that Pavel Durov has been charged with complicity in the trade of harmful substances, crimes against children, terrorism, money laundering, and fraud. All of this was carried out by other individuals using Telegram.
It is worth noting that after the detention, the value of the cryptocurrency TON (Telegram Open Network) sharply dropped but has gradually begun to recover. At the time of writing, its value is $5.8.