— 🇺🇸/🇷🇺/🇺🇦/🇸🇦 NEW: Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman wanted to include Ukrainian officials in the US-Russian talks in Riyadh, but both the Americans and the Russians agreed that Ukraine should not be involved in the negotiations – Bloomberg
— 🇺🇸/🇷🇺/🇺🇦/🇸🇦 NEW: Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman wanted to include Ukrainian officials in the US-Russian talks in Riyadh, but both the Americans and the Russians agreed that Ukraine should not be involved in the negotiations – Bloomberg
The message was not authentic, with the real Zelenskiy soon denying the claim on his official Telegram channel, but the incident highlighted a major problem: disinformation quickly spreads unchecked on the encrypted app. Apparently upbeat developments in Russia's discussions with Ukraine helped at least temporarily send investors back into risk assets. Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that there were "certain positive developments" occurring in the talks with Ukraine, according to a transcript of their meeting. Putin added that discussions were happening "almost on a daily basis." "There are several million Russians who can lift their head up from propaganda and try to look for other sources, and I'd say that most look for it on Telegram," he said. So, uh, whenever I hear about Telegram, it’s always in relation to something bad. What gives? He floated the idea of restricting the use of Telegram in Ukraine and Russia, a suggestion that was met with fierce opposition from users. Shortly after, Durov backed off the idea.
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