Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to meet Telegram founder Pavel Durov during his visit to Baku. Both Putin and Durov visited Azerbaijan at the same time, but this meeting did not take place.
According to information, a few days before the visit, the officials of the Presidential Administration offered Putin a meeting with Durov, but Putin did not accept this offer. It was not reported why the meeting was canceled and what the planned topic was.
Vladimir Putin was on an official visit to Azerbaijan for two days and the Russian delegation has already returned to the countries.
This incident caused wide resonance in Russia and led to wide discussions on social media. Questions arise about the reasons behind this refusal and how the failure of the meeting will affect possible relations between the two parties in the future.