<p>Moscow: The Kremlin told Telegram owner Pavel Durov to be more attentive after the messaging application was allegedly used to help recruit the gunmen who attacked a concert hall outside Moscow.</p><p>Telegram, now based in Dubai, was founded by Durov, who left Russia in 2014 after he lost control of his previous company. Russian-born Durov, 39, lives in Dubai and holds dual citizenship of the United Arab Emirates and France, according to Telegram.</p>.Russia says it is hard to believe Islamic State could have launched Moscow attack.<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian media site, <em>Life</em>, that there were no plans to block the messaging app, a major disseminator of news in Russia and around the world, but that Durov should be more attentive.</p><p>"We would expect more attention from Pavel Durov, because this unique and phenomenal resource from a technological point of view, which has grown, in fact, before the eyes of our generation, is increasingly becoming a tool in the hands of terrorists — used for terrorist purposes," Peskov said.</p><p><em>RIA</em> state news agency said the attackers had been recruited via a radical channel on Telegram belonging to the Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) group.</p><p>Durov is estimated to have a fortune of $15.5 billion by <em>Forbes</em>.</p>
<p>Moscow: The Kremlin told Telegram owner Pavel Durov to be more attentive after the messaging application was allegedly used to help recruit the gunmen who attacked a concert hall outside Moscow.</p><p>Telegram, now based in Dubai, was founded by Durov, who left Russia in 2014 after he lost control of his previous company. Russian-born Durov, 39, lives in Dubai and holds dual citizenship of the United Arab Emirates and France, according to Telegram.</p>.Russia says it is hard to believe Islamic State could have launched Moscow attack.<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian media site, <em>Life</em>, that there were no plans to block the messaging app, a major disseminator of news in Russia and around the world, but that Durov should be more attentive.</p><p>"We would expect more attention from Pavel Durov, because this unique and phenomenal resource from a technological point of view, which has grown, in fact, before the eyes of our generation, is increasingly becoming a tool in the hands of terrorists — used for terrorist purposes," Peskov said.</p><p><em>RIA</em> state news agency said the attackers had been recruited via a radical channel on Telegram belonging to the Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) group.</p><p>Durov is estimated to have a fortune of $15.5 billion by <em>Forbes</em>.</p>