The conservative activist’s “mission” must live on, Pavel Durov has said The murder of conservative American influencer Charlie Kirk is an attack on freedom of speech, Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has said, warning that other liberties could soon be at risk as well. Kirk “fought for open debate, and enemies of truth hated him for it,” Durov wrote in a Telegram post, paying tribute to the activist, who was shot on Wednesday while addressing thousands of students at a Turning Point USA