FILE PHOTO: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a press conference of Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban following their meeting in Moscow, Russia July 5, 2024. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday that serious accusations France has levelled against Telegram boss Pavel Durov would be viewed as an attempt to restrict freedom of communication unless they were backed up with serious evidence.
Durov, a Russian-born billionaire, was arrested in France over the weekend as part of an investigation into crimes related to images of child sex abuse, drug trafficking and fraudulent transactions on the platform, French prosecutors said on Monday.
