Pavel Durov

Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram messenger, received UAE citizenship, where he has lived since 2017. This is reported by Forbes. He received UAE citizenship in February this year. How exactly he managed to achieve it is still unclear. It is known that UAE citizenship was very difficult to obtain before, but at the beginning of 2021, UAE authorities changed the law allowing citizenship by investment. In February 2021, Durov met with Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai.

This is the fourth citizenship of the entrepreneur – also St. Kitts and Nevis and French state passports, by birth Durov is a citizen of Russia.

But recently, the American asked Forbes not to call him a Russian billionaire. The publication believes that this may be due to anti-Russian sanctions and restrictions on Russian entrepreneurs. Durov’s representative also voiced other arguments.

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The billionaire representative also noted that Durov does not have any presence in Russia and Telegram has no offices or employees in that country.

Pavel Durov

Durov, St. Petersburg, but in 2014 he decided to leave his homeland forever and even wrote the text “Seven reasons not to return” on this occasion.

In April of this year, Durov became one of the three richest Russian billionaires – his fortune is estimated at $ 15.1 billion. Durov has not yet commented on the news about the new citizenship – he rarely uses social networks.