According to ChainCatcher, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested by French police after landing at Le Bourget Airport in northern Paris, according to the BBC. Sources said that Pavel Durov was detained because of drug trafficking, gun black market and child pornography on the Telegram platform. Previously, Telegram refused to cooperate with the police on this. French police also searched Durov's property.

According to Russian state news agency TASS, the Russian Embassy in France is taking "immediate steps" to clarify the situation.