How Telegram arrest could unlock Russian front line secrets
Pavel Durov was arrested last month, Russia’s public space erupted in indignation.
Depending on who you asked, France had launched an attack on freedom of speech; a Russophobic harassment of one of the country’s greatest entrepreneurs; or a Nato-led intelligence operation aimed at penetrating the command and control of Russia’s army in Ukraine.
They argued, that Mr Durov was a Kremlin agent; his public persona as an exiled free-speech champion, a cover story; the “secure” messenger he runs, a spy tool.
So what does Mr Durov know? Telegram founder about to hand over the keys to Russia’s war in Ukraine to Nato?
There’s the usual mystery surrounding questions of intelligence and national security; there’s the difficulty of distinguishing genuine concern from paranoia and propaganda; and there is a war on.
“I think the Kremlin is worried that Western intelligence can obtain a lot of insight into Russia’s conduct of t
Pavel Durov was arrested last month, Russia’s public space erupted in indignation.
Depending on who you asked, France had launched an attack on freedom of speech; a Russophobic harassment of one of the country’s greatest entrepreneurs; or a Nato-led intelligence operation aimed at penetrating the command and control of Russia’s army in Ukraine.
They argued, that Mr Durov was a Kremlin agent; his public persona as an exiled free-speech champion, a cover story; the “secure” messenger he runs, a spy tool.
So what does Mr Durov know? Telegram founder about to hand over the keys to Russia’s war in Ukraine to Nato?
There’s the usual mystery surrounding questions of intelligence and national security; there’s the difficulty of distinguishing genuine concern from paranoia and propaganda; and there is a war on.
“I think the Kremlin is worried that Western intelligence can obtain a lot of insight into Russia’s conduct of t
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