Telegram founder Pavel Durov, during interrogation after being detained in France, named the amount of his annual income in the amount of 1 dirhams of the UAE (about 25 rubles). This is reported by the portal Le Monde.
The publication notes that Durov was released on bail in the amount of € 5 million, and initially the Paris prosecutor's office asked to set bail for him in the amount of € 20 million, but by court order the amount was reduced.
Forbes estimates Durov's fortune at $ 15.5 billion.
The portal reminds that in addition to the € 300 million he received in 2014 from the sale of his shares in the social network VKontakte, Durov owns the entire share capital of Telegram, which several investment funds have valued at almost $ 30 billion, the businessman himself told the Financial Times in March this year.
Against the background of all the open information about Durov's condition, his answer left investigators at a loss.
As EADaily reported, Pavel Durov was detained on August 24 at Le Bourget airport when he got off his private plane. He was accused of a deliberate lack of moderation of illegal content in the messenger. The founder of Telegram was "shocked by the arrest" because the messenger had a communication channel with the General Directorate of Internal Security of France (DGSI, counterintelligence), reported Libération. The founder of the messenger is being interrogated in Paris said that he maintained contacts with its representatives, in particular, met with them in Dubai.
Durov holds passports of several countries, including France, Russia and the UAE.