🇷🇺💰Четверть расходов бюджета в ближайшие 3 года будет направлена на социальные обязательства, заявил Президент России «Несмотря на известные внешние ограничения, на трудности, с которыми мы сталкиваемся, наша страна, государство выполняет все социальные обязательства. Так, на эти цели запланировано направить в предстоящие три года четверть расходов всего бюджета. Хотя правильным было бы здесь говорить не о расходах, а об инвестициях. Ведь когда мы направляем средства на заработные платы и пенсии, на здравоохранение, образование, культуру и спорт, мы вкладываем их в человеческий капитал, в народосбережение».
🇷🇺💰Четверть расходов бюджета в ближайшие 3 года будет направлена на социальные обязательства, заявил Президент России «Несмотря на известные внешние ограничения, на трудности, с которыми мы сталкиваемся, наша страна, государство выполняет все социальные обязательства. Так, на эти цели запланировано направить в предстоящие три года четверть расходов всего бюджета. Хотя правильным было бы здесь говорить не о расходах, а об инвестициях. Ведь когда мы направляем средства на заработные платы и пенсии, на здравоохранение, образование, культуру и спорт, мы вкладываем их в человеческий капитал, в народосбережение».
'Wild West' The next bit isn’t clear, but Durov reportedly claimed that his resignation, dated March 21st, was an April Fools’ prank. TechCrunch implies that it was a matter of principle, but it’s hard to be clear on the wheres, whos and whys. Similarly, on April 17th, the Moscow Times quoted Durov as saying that he quit the company after being pressured to reveal account details about Ukrainians protesting the then-president Viktor Yanukovych. Right now the digital security needs of Russians and Ukrainians are very different, and they lead to very different caveats about how to mitigate the risks associated with using Telegram. For Ukrainians in Ukraine, whose physical safety is at risk because they are in a war zone, digital security is probably not their highest priority. They may value access to news and communication with their loved ones over making sure that all of their communications are encrypted in such a manner that they are indecipherable to Telegram, its employees, or governments with court orders. On Telegram’s website, it says that Pavel Durov “supports Telegram financially and ideologically while Nikolai (Duvov)’s input is technological.” Currently, the Telegram team is based in Dubai, having moved around from Berlin, London and Singapore after departing Russia. Meanwhile, the company which owns Telegram is registered in the British Virgin Islands. 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.
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