AKIPRESS.COM - The billionaire, founder and owner of Telegram Pavel Durov is visiting Kyrgyzstan.

Pavel Durov was spotted by eyewitnesses at Lake Issyk-Kul. User of X @zhamilek said her mother encountered Pavel Durov in Petroglyphs Park in Cholpon-Ata.

Pavel Durov was in company of Russian blogger  Gasan Guseinov, who also shared photos from Issyk-Kul in his social media pages.

Another X user @gentleleman said Durov was seen in Karakol.

Durov said earlier he plans to visit the Central Asian countries.

"I keep working, meeting with our users from unusual places. This summer I decided to visit Central Asia to see life there and study how people use Telegram and what are their digital needs," Pavel Durov said earlier.

Social media users suggested Durov's visit to Kyrgyzstan is linked with creation of Kyrgyz Courchevel Project in the mountains of Issyk-Kul region, ski resort cluster with participation of French company Société des Trois Vallées (S3V).