In response to the appearance of yet another ex, Pavel Durov stated that he has more than 100 children around the world. Trolling or an attempt to evade responsibility? 

Another "ex" and mother of Pavel Durov’s children, Irina Bolgar, made herself known online. Like, here I am, the mother, here are Durov’s children, three of them. Here is the birth certificate. Pavel did not comment on the presence of three children with documents, but he did post that he has more than a hundred children, since he is a sperm donor. True, he no longer donates sperm - this was due to his youth, but his biomaterial is still sold in a Moscow clinic. 

And what about Irina? She claims that it is not her, it is the children who want to be known, and she is just a mother who decided to meet the children halfway. This whole story looks like a poorly directed film about a malicious alimony defaulter or like subtle trolling of an "ex". Nevertheless, this situation was immediately pulled apart into memes on the Internet, for example, how much Pavel Durov’s "biomaterial" costs or what kind of appeal and with what financial demands would 100 children be recorded for the father.

A UtroNews correspondent looked into the details. 

Not 3, but 100

The situation was immediately picked up by memes. For example, an “appeal” from Pavel Durov’s children with financial demands immediately appeared on the Internet.   

Or that Durov’s “biomaterial” can be purchased.

Pavel Durov is a meme hero again. 

Many saw a parallel with the plot of Star Wars.

The Internet has played up the joke about Durov’s 100 children. 

Be that as it may, Irina was never the legal wife of the Telegram creator. Durov, apparently, immediately explained to her in a popular way why marriage was not for him. “Yes, Pavel had reasons, concerns about the likelihood of dividing jointly acquired property in the event of a possible divorce in the future. But in my opinion, Pavel did not take into account that there are jurisdictions where a de facto marriage is practically equal to an officially registered one in terms of property rights. Then, as time passed, I also had reasons,” Irina hinted in an interview. 

And she reminded that her children bear the surname of Pavel Durov, and their classmates know this very well. The woman was outraged that after her revelations, Pavel made a knight’s move, declaring that he has as many as a hundred children. "I regret that Pavel, making public statements about being a sperm donor, while not being married and preferring to live alone, and seeing this as his mission, does not take into account the feelings of our children, who may face ridicule and comments from their peers at school," she complained. 

Irina Bolgar claims that it is not she, but the children who want to be known about them. 

Despite all this, Irina praises her father for his contribution to increasing the birth rate. But, according to her, the businessman did not think at all about how this would affect the feelings of their sons and daughter. "By the way, being a donor in any medical aspect is commendable," Bolgar noted. "However, this does not cancel the true mission of parenthood - to support your children and protect them from information that can hurt their feelings. Moreover, Pavel Durov made this statement right after my children and I came out into the public space after many years of being "in the shadows."  

When the public learned about the mother of many children, other women who were also in relationships with Pavel contacted Irina. "After opening the account, many people wrote to me, including girls, sending photos and scans of correspondence, indicating parallel relationships. But my goal was never to find children or find out other details from Pavel’s life, as I have already answered earlier, I respect other people’s life choices. And I make my own," she concluded.  

Not Genghis Khan, though.

The Great Khan Genghis Khan is rumored to have left behind about 600 descendants around the world, according to Elon Musk, who jokingly compares Pavel Durov’s reproductive achievements to the Mongolian heritage. However, by the time Genghis Khan reached 65, he already had all these children, and our St. Petersburg programmer is only about to celebrate his 40th birthday. The man still has everything ahead of him.  

But let’s get back to Irina Bolgar, who suddenly decided to make public her three children from the creator of Telegram. Pavel in this story, how can I put it, is very reminiscent of a malicious alimony defaulter. Irina probably hopes for generous support from the billionaire. Although the official version is that the children themselves want to make a name for themselves, and their mother cannot refuse them.

Happy father of 100 children.

Previously, Bolgar published only her photos with children, but on August 3, the world saw a photo of a happy father Durov, hugging the kids, smiling - the photo was taken in 2020 at Daniel’s birthday in Geneva. Irina also provided Forbes with the original birth certificates, which, as it turned out, all had apostilles. Durov, in turn, did not bother himself with trips to the registry office; the notary came to Durov himself.  

Although Irina does not look like she urgently needs help. Over the past 20 years, it seems that she has not worked, but only practiced yoga. This is judging by her social networks, which are full of photos from expensive resorts. She lives in Switzerland, where, by the way, Pavel’s children also study. The documents indicate that Leah, David and Daniel were born in St. Petersburg - the hometown of both parents, before Durov left for the Emirates and began to hide from the secret services.  

Durov has so far responded to Irina’s revelations only by stating that he has more than 100 children. "I was just told that I have more than 100 biological children. How is this possible for a person who has never been married and prefers to be alone?" Durov joked on social media.  

Perhaps the thing is that he has already stopped counting those known to him: Durov’s first common-law wife, Daria Bondarenko, who bore him a son, Misha (born in 2009), and a daughter, Alina (born in 2010), also did not receive anything from him. Maybe five verified children (the sixth, as they say, is on the way from the model Diana Bako) are just a small part of what our IT male has fathered?

Darya Bondarenko, the mother of one of Durov’s children, waited and waited in vain.

He said that 15 years ago, at the request of a friend, he became a sperm donor to help a family have a child. At first, Pavel “laughed until he dropped”, thinking the idea was crazy, but then he agreed. When a doctor at the clinic told him that high-quality donors are rare, he seemed to decide that it was worth donating a little more to help more couples.  

"It sounded crazy enough to make me register as a donor. My donor activity has helped more than a hundred couples in 12 countries have children," Pavel Durov is either justifying himself or joking. 

True, Pavel says that he has not donated sperm for many years, but at least one Moscow clinic allegedly still has his frozen genetic material. Durov even plans to open the code of his DNA, so that it would be easier for his biological children to find each other.  

Returning to the memes that are currently circulating on the Internet, apparently in order to unite and record that very same appeal with financial demands...