Pavel Durov and Irina Bolgar have never been in a relationship,

MOSCOW: Pavel Durov and Irina Bolgar have never been in a relationship, The New York Times reports. At the end of June, the woman first announced children with the founder of Telegram, posting a photo on Instagram*, the publication notes with reference to a representative of Durov. Earlier it was reported that the ex-wife was wasting Telegram's father's money.

After Durov's detention in France, on August 29, the Bulgarian stated that a court in Switzerland had deprived him of his parental rights. A spokesperson for prosecutors in Geneva confirmed that an investigation was underway but declined to comment further. Durov’s spokesperson said in a statement that the incidents “never occurred” and that the accusations “lack substance”.

Bolgar, in a four-hour interview in Geneva, where she now lives with the three children she had with Durov, said she could not elaborate on the child abuse charges because of the investigation. But she provided other details about their relationship, which now threatens to further complicate Durov’s already significant legal troubles in Europe.

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