paddle durov is sometimes described _ what is happening? happening? paddle durov is sometimes described as the - what is happening? paddle durov is sometimes described as the mark. sometimes described as the mark zuckerberg of russia. he was born in the country and left in 2014 and is a citizen of both france and dubai. he founded telegram and what sets it apart from something like whatsapp is these enormous groups of up to 200,000 people can share content and information on it. the accusations he faces are extremely serious, including running a platform allowing illicit transactions by an organised gang, failing, in fact refusing, to communicate with authorities and complicity in the organised criminal distribution of sexual images of children. he is underformal sexual images of children. he is under formal investigation which does not mean he is guilty or there will necessarily even be a trial but it is absolutely unprecedented for the founder and owner of a social network to be arrested like this because of the content shared on his plat