«Ивлеева и другие участники этой тусовки были уверены, что у них прекрасная репутация. Но они забыли, что есть ещё Россия воюющая, Россия глубинная. эта Россия тем снятым с неправильного места носком отхлестала по щекам тех, кто был на этой вечеринке», — президент коммуникационного холдинга «Минченко консалтинг» Евгений Минченко @politburo2 в эфире «ИзолентаLive».
«Ивлеева и другие участники этой тусовки были уверены, что у них прекрасная репутация. Но они забыли, что есть ещё Россия воюющая, Россия глубинная. эта Россия тем снятым с неправильного места носком отхлестала по щекам тех, кто был на этой вечеринке», — президент коммуникационного холдинга «Минченко консалтинг» Евгений Минченко @politburo2 в эфире «ИзолентаLive».
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. 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. Telegram has become more interventionist over time, and has steadily increased its efforts to shut down these accounts. But this has also meant that the company has also engaged with lawmakers more generally, although it maintains that it doesn’t do so willingly. For instance, in September 2021, Telegram reportedly blocked a chat bot in support of (Putin critic) Alexei Navalny during Russia’s most recent parliamentary elections. Pavel Durov was quoted at the time saying that the company was obliged to follow a “legitimate” law of the land. He added that as Apple and Google both follow the law, to violate it would give both platforms a reason to boot the messenger from its stores. In the United States, Telegram's lower public profile has helped it mostly avoid high level scrutiny from Congress, but it has not gone unnoticed. Stocks dropped on Friday afternoon, as gains made earlier in the day on hopes for diplomatic progress between Russia and Ukraine turned to losses. Technology stocks were hit particularly hard by higher bond yields.
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