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Durov faced charges for alleged complicity in organized crime through Telegram's encrypted platform.

He complied fully with supervision terms over the past year, leading to restriction removal.

The CEO remains under formal investigation despite lifted travel bans and continues legal challenges.

French investigators have formally lifted all travel restrictions imposed on Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov , marking the latest development in a high-profile criminal probe tied to the messaging platform’s content moderation practices. The decision, dated November 10, removes the ban on leaving France and ends a requirement that Durov report to police in Nice twice weekly.

Durov, who was born in Russia and became a French citizen in 2021, had been under judicial supervision

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