The Creator of Telegram messenger and founder of the social network of “Vkontakte” Pavel Durov moved to permanent residence in Finland. On Thursday said the “Izvestia” with reference to data specified in the financial statements of his company Telegram Messenger LLP.
According to the documents, the actor is a citizen of Saint Kitts and Nevis with permanent residence in Finland. In documents it is listed as the person in control of the company.
Residents of St. Petersburg, who decided to move to other countries often choose Finland’s climate is the country closest to their hometown, the newspaper notes. The actor is originally from St. Petersburg, and, apparently, decided to do the same.
About getting Durov citizenship of St. Kitts and Nevis became known in April 2014. This state is located in the Eastern Caribbean sea. Passport of the island nation gives you the opportunity without visas to visit 131 countries, including the EU.
As written, the sources, the actor has paid for the passport is $250 000. However, in an interview with the Italian newspaper Repubblica he said that was never in the Caribbean and go there is not going to.
Durov left Russia in 2014, after the scandal with the sale of shares in social networks “Vkontakte” and the resignation of its CEO. Shortly before this he declared that the FSB demanded to give out personal information to some groups in “Vkontakte”. He stressed that his team has not done and will not do. And added that for this decision he had to pay “many, including shares of “Vkontakte”.
In 2015, Durov said that he had no plans to return to Russia because of new laws (“for example, the law on the storage of confidential data or de-offshoring”). “But things can change, he suggested. — I think Russia has all chances to become an ideal platform for business amid sinking into the socialism of Europe. The preconditions for this”.
