Друзья, у нас ответственная и на редкость приятная миссия: передать вам новогодние поздравления от наших авторов! Пусть эти теплые слова согреют вас накануне праздника, а пожелания обязательно сбудутся в новом 2025-м (любви накопилось так много, что все поздравления не уместились в одной галерее — завтра принесем еще!) 🎅
Друзья, у нас ответственная и на редкость приятная миссия: передать вам новогодние поздравления от наших авторов! Пусть эти теплые слова согреют вас накануне праздника, а пожелания обязательно сбудутся в новом 2025-м (любви накопилось так много, что все поздравления не уместились в одной галерее — завтра принесем еще!) 🎅
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. Telegram does offer end-to-end encrypted communications through Secret Chats, but this is not the default setting. Standard conversations use the MTProto method, enabling server-client encryption but with them stored on the server for ease-of-access. This makes using Telegram across multiple devices simple, but also means that the regular Telegram chats you’re having with folks are not as secure as you may believe. Either way, Durov says that he withdrew his resignation but that he was ousted from his company anyway. Subsequently, control of the company was reportedly handed to oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Igor Sechin, both allegedly close associates of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 230 points, or 0.7%. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.3% and 2.2%, respectively. All three indexes began the day with gains before selling off. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been a driving force in markets for the past few weeks.
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