В Сирии очевидцы засняли колонну россиян, драпающих в сторону границы. Судя по кадрам, военнослужащим позволили забрать с собой некоторую технику.
Другим союзникам Асада повезло гораздо меньше, доходят слухи о жестоких расправах над солдатами бывшей государственной армии и приближенными экс-президента. Показательно собираются судить военкоров и иных пропагандистов, которые способствовали прежнему режиму.
В Сирии очевидцы засняли колонну россиян, драпающих в сторону границы. Судя по кадрам, военнослужащим позволили забрать с собой некоторую технику.
Другим союзникам Асада повезло гораздо меньше, доходят слухи о жестоких расправах над солдатами бывшей государственной армии и приближенными экс-президента. Показательно собираются судить военкоров и иных пропагандистов, которые способствовали прежнему режиму.
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. Given the pro-privacy stance of the platform, it’s taken as a given that it’ll be used for a number of reasons, not all of them good. And Telegram has been attached to a fair few scandals related to terrorism, sexual exploitation and crime. Back in 2015, Vox described Telegram as “ISIS’ app of choice,” saying that the platform’s real use is the ability to use channels to distribute material to large groups at once. Telegram has acted to remove public channels affiliated with terrorism, but Pavel Durov reiterated that he had no business snooping on private conversations. Telegram was co-founded by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the brothers who had previously created VKontakte. VK is Russia’s equivalent of Facebook, a social network used for public and private messaging, audio and video sharing as well as online gaming. In January, SimpleWeb reported that VK was Russia’s fourth most-visited website, after Yandex, YouTube and Google’s Russian-language homepage. In 2016, Forbes’ Michael Solomon described Pavel Durov (pictured, below) as the “Mark Zuckerberg of Russia.” Since its launch in 2013, Telegram has grown from a simple messaging app to a broadcast network. Its user base isn’t as vast as WhatsApp’s, and its broadcast platform is a fraction the size of Twitter, but it’s nonetheless showing its use. While Telegram has been embroiled in controversy for much of its life, it has become a vital source of communication during the invasion of Ukraine. But, if all of this is new to you, let us explain, dear friends, what on Earth a Telegram is meant to be, and why you should, or should not, need to care. 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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