14 октября прошла лекция Екатерины Шульман и Максима Курникова. Перед выступлением я стояла у входа и приглашала присоединиться к встречам «Письма политзаключенным». Спасибо Екатерине и Максиму, а также организаторам, которые поддержали меня. Встречи «Письма политзаключенных» проходят каждый месяц, приходите подписывать открытки с днём рождения!
14 октября прошла лекция Екатерины Шульман и Максима Курникова. Перед выступлением я стояла у входа и приглашала присоединиться к встречам «Письма политзаключенным». Спасибо Екатерине и Максиму, а также организаторам, которые поддержали меня. Встречи «Письма политзаключенных» проходят каждый месяц, приходите подписывать открытки с днём рождения!
At the start of 2018, the company attempted to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which would enable it to enable payments (and earn the cash that comes from doing so). The initial signals were promising, especially given Telegram’s user base is already fairly crypto-savvy. It raised an initial tranche of cash – worth more than a billion dollars – to help develop the coin before opening sales to the public. Unfortunately, third-party sales of coins bought in those initial fundraising rounds raised the ire of the SEC, which brought the hammer down on the whole operation. In 2020, officials ordered Telegram to pay a fine of $18.5 million and hand back much of the cash that it had raised. Andrey, a Russian entrepreneur living in Brazil who, fearing retaliation, asked that NPR not use his last name, said Telegram has become one of the few places Russians can access independent news about the war. Oh no. There’s a certain degree of myth-making around what exactly went on, so take everything that follows lightly. Telegram was originally launched as a side project by the Durov brothers, with Nikolai handling the coding and Pavel as CEO, while both were at VK. Apparently upbeat developments in Russia's discussions with Ukraine helped at least temporarily send investors back into risk assets. Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that there were "certain positive developments" occurring in the talks with Ukraine, according to a transcript of their meeting. Putin added that discussions were happening "almost on a daily basis." He said that since his platform does not have the capacity to check all channels, it may restrict some in Russia and Ukraine "for the duration of the conflict," but then reversed course hours later after many users complained that Telegram was an important source of information.
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