From the archive

Don't be like Durov

To me, Pavel Durov’s public image is pure 21st-century posing. A hypocritical, Photoshopped character. A billionaire who pretends to live an “ascetic” lifestyle: walking barefoot and drinking water from a coconut. Yeah, right. The same “monk” who has a Telegram empire, offshore accounts, real estate, and a bunch of schemes where money spins faster than he can come up with new rules for “freedom of speech.”