If you want to know an expert opinion, read Russian sources about Durov. He is very disliked in Russia for years. They found it humiliating and arrogant when he threw money on people out of the window. And to begin with he is just a face of the company. His brother is an IT genius and co-founder. It's not clear who's really behind them. But he broke a law by hosting servers outside Russia.

I you want to know an expert opinion, read Russian sources about Durov. He is very disliked in Russia for years. They found it humiliating and arrogant when he threw money on people out of the window. And to begin with he is just a face of the company. His brother is an IT genius and co-founder. It's not clear who's really behind them. But he broke a law by hosting servers outside Russia.