Pavel Durov first published a photo with his daughter

Businessman, founder of the Telegram platform Pavel Durov for the first time published a joint photo with his eldest daughter. He noted that it is she who "stands" behind the popular messenger.

"While we are patiently waiting for Google to approve the latest Telegram update, let's take a break and get a little nostalgic," he wrote.

The picture shows a blonde girl aged 3-4 years. Probably, this is Durov's daughter, born in 2009, from Daria Bondarenko, a former classmate of the businessman. According to Forbes, Durov still has a son born in 2010 from Bondarenko. Neither the founder of Telegram himself nor the mother of his older children have ever commented on their relationship.

"Here is my eldest daughter, who instructs me how to launch Telegram in the summer of 2013. She's the real brain behind all this, guys," Durov concluded.

This photo was a kind of response to Irina Bolgar, who previously stated that she considers Telegram a jointly acquired property.

As reported by EADaily, the Bulgarian, who positions herself as the mother of three children of Durov, with whom she was in a relationship for about 10 years, became more active in social networks a couple of months ago. At first, she simply accompanied the pictures with the hashtag #durov when posting photos. Soon the Bulgarian began to give interviews to various media outlets, splashing out information about the relationship with the businessman in portions.

After Durov's detention in France, it became known that about a year ago the Bulgarians accused Durov of "using physical violence to their child" by filing a lawsuit. Now the Service for the Protection of Minors (OFMIN) of the National Police of France has launched an investigation against Durov in this regard.

Later, Bolgar reported that during a 10-year relationship in an unregistered family union with Pavel Durov, in which three children were born, all significant family assets were registered to him. She also called the Telegram messenger a jointly acquired property.

In early October, Bolgar announced that she was preparing to release a book and a documentary about her relationship with the businessman.