🇸🇾🇷🇺 - The Syrian Central Bank transferred $250 million in cash to Moscow over the past two years, as part of a debt to the Kremlin in exchange for military support.
Relatives of Syrian officials were also reported to have been purchasing assets in Russia.
🇸🇾🇷🇺 - The Syrian Central Bank transferred $250 million in cash to Moscow over the past two years, as part of a debt to the Kremlin in exchange for military support.
Relatives of Syrian officials were also reported to have been purchasing assets in Russia.
One thing that Telegram now offers to all users is the ability to “disappear” messages or set remote deletion deadlines. That enables users to have much more control over how long people can access what you’re sending them. Given that Russian law enforcement officials are reportedly (via Insider) stopping people in the street and demanding to read their text messages, this could be vital to protect individuals from reprisals. NEWS You may recall that, back when Facebook started changing WhatsApp’s terms of service, a number of news outlets reported on, and even recommended, switching to Telegram. Pavel Durov even said that users should delete WhatsApp “unless you are cool with all of your photos and messages becoming public one day.” But Telegram can’t be described as a more-secure version of WhatsApp. In 2018, Russia banned Telegram although it reversed the prohibition two years later. Some people used the platform to organize ahead of the storming of the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, and last month Senator Mark Warner sent a letter to Durov urging him to curb Russian information operations on Telegram.
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