Telegram founder Pavel Durov spent more than eight hours in a French court before the Paris prosecutor's office announced that he could be released on bail.
A video showed that a motorcade later drove out of the court building, but Durov himself was not in the car. Finally, Durov left the building an hour later, but he did not leave through the main entrance of the court where reporters gathered, but through the side door. There was a private minibus waiting there, and there were security personnel and possibly his lawyer.
Before leaving, Durov put on a baseball cap and sunglasses. He did not speak and quickly got into the car. Durov's accompanying man took out his belongings and loaded them into the car, and then the minibus drove quickly towards the Paris ring road. (RIA Novosti)
Earlier today, in a press release issued on Wednesday evening, the Paris prosecutor's office also specified that "Durov is under judicial supervision, in particular, he is obliged to provide a bail of 5 million euros, is obliged to report to the police twice a week, and is prohibited from leaving French territory.