Billionaire Pavel Durov accuses France of ''disrespecting Romanian people and attacking Romanian Democracy" by asking Telegram to remove right-wing content linked to Presidential election.
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Response from French Foreign Ministry:
"The recent statements from Mr. Pavel Durov are completely false. France is not involved in the Romanian Presidential election. The first round of the Presidential election was canceled in december by the Romanian authorities due to evidence of financial and tech interference from Russia. New investigations by the European Commission confirmed the scale of interference, including by the use of social media algorithms”
“These false accusations against France are nothing but a trick. He is attempting to create a deflection to distract people from a very real issue. We urge all Romanian political actors to be responsible and defend democracy"
“As a friend of Romania, we supported Romania’s reforms. We supported Romania joining the European Union and joining the Shengen area. A few days after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukrainian, we sent french troops to help Romania’s security”
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Response from French Foreign Ministry:
"The recent statements from Mr. Pavel Durov are completely false. France is not involved in the Romanian Presidential election. The first round of the Presidential election was canceled in december by the Romanian authorities due to evidence of financial and tech interference from Russia. New investigations by the European Commission confirmed the scale of interference, including by the use of social media algorithms”
“These false accusations against France are nothing but a trick. He is attempting to create a deflection to distract people from a very real issue. We urge all Romanian political actors to be responsible and defend democracy"
“As a friend of Romania, we supported Romania’s reforms. We supported Romania joining the European Union and joining the Shengen area. A few days after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukrainian, we sent french troops to help Romania’s security”
The man has a personal grudge against France. I find it more likely that a Russian is lying, to be honest.