Pavel Durov
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I just decided it's not the right thing to do.
People have the right to assemble.
And I mocked the prosecutor who handed me that demand.
I put out a scan of it.
And next to it
a photo of a dog in a hoodie with its tongue out.
And I said, this is my official response to the Prosecutor's Congress to ban opposition groups.
That was very funny at the moment.
But then I had armed policemen trying to get into my apartment.
I asked myself, did I make the right choice?
And I came to the conclusion that I made the right choice.
And I asked myself, what would be the next thing that would logically follow from this?
And I realized they're probably going to put me in prison.
So what am I going to do about it?
I asked myself.
And I told myself, I'm going to starve myself to death.
It's something that probably many men have.
They're ready to die for other people or certain principles they strongly believe in.
I'm not alone here.
I guess Edward Snowden was ready to die as well.