All right, Alexander, let's talk about the arrest of Telegram founder and its chief executive,

Pavel Durev, as his plane was landing in Paris, France, most likely for refueling, though we're not

100% sure about that. But the reports are is that the plane that he was on,

the private jet, actually, that he was on was going to land in France for refueling. And as it landed

in France, a warrant for his arrest was issued about five minutes before it landed,

and the French authorities, they detained Pavel Durev on crimes connected to terrorism and trafficking

and all kinds of other horrible, nasty things that allegedly are taking place on

telegram, on telegram, end of which he is, according to France, personally responsible for.

What are your thoughts on this arrest of Pavl Durev by the French authorities?

Well, there's many thoughts.

First of all, notice that, as I said, they've come after Pavel Durov.

Now, I've been following the Russian media here.

I think the thing to say about Pavel Durev is, of course, he's had his tangles with the Russian

authorities as well.

He doesn't actually live in Russia.

He lives in Dubai because previously he had problems with the Russian authorities as well. He doesn't actually live in Russia. He lives in Dubai because previously he had problems with the Russian authorities over

Vercontactia, which is the Russian equivalent of Facebook, which he sorted out, and over

Telegram as well.

And I remember at the time when he had all of those problems

with the Russian authorities, all these newspapers that, you know, basically seemed perfectly

relaxed about the fact that he's now been arrested in France. Anyway, they're all backing him,

you know, the Financial Times, the Guardian, all of

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