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    Who is the mysterious companion of the Telegram founder?

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    The founder of the messaging service Telegam, Pawel Durow, is free again for a bail of five million euros. But the investigations by the French judiciary are only just getting started. Meanwhile, his companionship raises questions.

    In the tech world it's the excitement of the week: Pawel Durow, billionaire founder of the messenger Telegram, has been arrested. Police officers took him into custody at Paris' Le Bourget airport last Saturday, when Durow had just gotten off his private jet. He was released again on Wednesday evening – but he may still not escape charges. He is due to appear in court soon.

    The list of allegations is long: The Paris public prosecutor's office accuses Durow, among other things, of aiding and abetting fraud, drug trafficking and the organized distribution of child abuse material on Telegram. He faces up to 20 years in prison.

    But there is another subplot that is also the cause of wild speculation online. It is about a young woman who, according to media reports, was at his side when Durow was arrested – and has since disappeared for unknown reasons.

    We're talking about Julia Wavilowa: The 24-year-old is said to be a streamer and crypto influencer from Dubai, at least that's what her Instagram profile suggests. Around 32,000 people follow Wavilowa there.

    Family can Can't reach Vavilowa

    It is unclear what relationship she and Pavel Durov have to each other. On the social network X, some people claim that the two are a couple. Others speculate that Julia Vavilowa could be a spy who could have made it possible for French authorities to gain access to Durov. There is no evidence for this.

    In any case, Wavilowa and Durow appear to have known each other for a long time and to have traveled together, as data analyst Baptiste Robert illustrated in a long series of posts on X. According to him, Durov has probably been observed by numerous secret services for a long time. Julia Wavilowa may have played a role in this. “It's hard to say whether her posts played a direct role in his arrest,” Robert told the New York Post, “but if you followed her on social media, you could easily track Durov's movements.”

    Just last week, Wavilowa posted some photos and videos on Instagram that showed her fishing at a lake and a shooting range in Azerbaijan. According to data analyst Baptiste Robert, Durow is also said to have stayed there. Another indication: The Telegram founder's private jet came from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, before landing in Paris. His stay in the country is also fueling rumors that Pavel Durov may have met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was also in Baku last week. However, a Kremlin spokesman denied this.

    There have been significant tensions between Russia and Telegram founder Pavel Durov in the past. The disputes mainly revolved around issues of censorship, control of information and state surveillance. Durow has therefore been living in exile since 2014, most recently in Dubai. It was also apparently known that the French authorities were looking for the billionaire. It is unclear why Durow still flew to Paris last Saturday.

    For the time being, this also applies to the whereabouts of his companion, Wavilowa. Her Russian parents said on Tuesday that she had not been able to be reached since she arrived in Paris. Has she also been arrested or perhaps gone into hiding? Only one thing seems certain: the story of Vavilova and her mysterious whereabouts adds another exciting detail to the already opaque case of Pavel Durov.

    This text first appeared in “Finance Forward”, the magazine for the new financial world, which is created in cooperation between “Capital” and OMR.

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