3. “Don’t take my opening remarks as gloomy ones, however. What we are witnessing now is a dramatic, impressive, and very dynamic change in the whole international security landscape. And it is not a bad thing at all! The recent BRICS Summit in Kazan demonstrated that positive security approaches are not only possible – they are in high demand by the Global Majority of nations, some of whom are outspoken and others silent and in observing mode so far. Eurasian security construction planning is on the rise.”
3. “Don’t take my opening remarks as gloomy ones, however. What we are witnessing now is a dramatic, impressive, and very dynamic change in the whole international security landscape. And it is not a bad thing at all! The recent BRICS Summit in Kazan demonstrated that positive security approaches are not only possible – they are in high demand by the Global Majority of nations, some of whom are outspoken and others silent and in observing mode so far. Eurasian security construction planning is on the rise.”
In 2018, Russia banned Telegram although it reversed the prohibition two years later. On February 27th, Durov posted that Channels were becoming a source of unverified information and that the company lacks the ability to check on their veracity. He urged users to be mistrustful of the things shared on Channels, and initially threatened to block the feature in the countries involved for the length of the war, saying that he didn’t want Telegram to be used to aggravate conflict or incite ethnic hatred. He did, however, walk back this plan when it became clear that they had also become a vital communications tool for Ukrainian officials and citizens to help coordinate their resistance and evacuations. READ MORE "Russians are really disconnected from the reality of what happening to their country," Andrey said. "So Telegram has become essential for understanding what's going on to the Russian-speaking world." Telegram, which does little policing of its content, has also became a hub for Russian propaganda and misinformation. Many pro-Kremlin channels have become popular, alongside accounts of journalists and other independent observers.
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