The arrest of Telegram’s chief Pavel Durov confirmed that there has been no global of speech, Elon Musk may be the next target of Western “justice.”
The leader of the “A Just Russia – Patriots – For Truth” party and the faction in the Russian State Duma, Sergey Mironov has said it is evident there is no longer any freedom of speech, this has been the case “for a long time.”
This comes as the founder of messaging app Telegram Durov, 39 was leaving his private jets as it landed on Saturday evening at Bourget airport close to Paris and he was arrested.
The billionaire tech mogul was arrested in France as an arrest warrant was issued amid a preliminary investigation by police.
The police investigation is focused on the lack of moderators according to BFM TV and TF1 and French officials believe this therefore has allowed criminal activity on Telegram to flourish.
US commentator Tucker Carlson who interviewed Vladimir Putin earlier this year believes Durov has been detained in France because he is refusing to “censor the truth,” he wrote on X.
Durov told Carlson in April that watns to keep Telegram “neutral” and “free from geopolitics.”
Mirono said, “The arrest of Pavel Durov confirmed that there has been no European or even global (pro-Western) freedom of speech. No freedom for a long time. This is the subject of underhanded bargaining, and if the world’s bigwigs do not like the results of the bidding, anyone can be detained, arrested and imprisoned.
“The case of Assange has shown this, and the case of Durov now has confirmed it. Durov was wrong when he was afraid that he would be arrested anywhere but in the West.
“All those charges that were brought against Pavel, it is quite possible to bring Zuckerberg, for example. Only the latter does not have a Russian passport and has agreements on cooperation with the US authorities.
“Opinions are expressed that now Russian special services should pay attention to the French citizens, including mercenaries in Donbass, in order to prepare an exchange fund. But I think it is unlikely that Durov will be exchanged.
“Perhaps, as a result of the ‘investigative actions,’ he will find himself overseas, in a completely different country. In a country that has been portraying the struggle for freedom of speech for decades, but acts on the contrary.”
