"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." The fake Zelenskiy account reached 20,000 followers on Telegram before it was shut down, a remedial action that experts say is all too rare. In 2018, Russia banned Telegram although it reversed the prohibition two years later. For tech stocks, “the main thing is yields,” Essaye said. Telegram was founded in 2013 by two Russian brothers, Nikolai and Pavel Durov.
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