Kremlin tells Telegram owner: be more attentive after attack near Moscow

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the burnt-out Crocus City Hall following a deadly attack on the concert venue outside Moscow, Russia, March 26, 2024. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin told Telegram owner Pavel Durov to be more attentive after the messaging application was allegedly used to help recruit the gunmen who attacked a concert hall outside Moscow.

Telegram, now based in Dubai, was founded by Durov, who left Russia in 2014 after he lost control of his previous company. Russian-born Durov, 39, lives in Dubai and holds dual citizenship of the United Arab Emirates and France, according to Telegram.