Иноагента Мишу Ха пригласили на инаугурацию. Ну то есть как бы пригласили, но там была формальность - надо было за почтовые марки на приглашении заплатить. Миллион долларов всего. Или два, если с женой/мужем.
И сразу гостя окатили мощной струей демократии. Улицы перекрыты демократично, патрули демократичные. А уж как они без тщательных досмотров безопасность обеспечивали - просто концентрат свободы. Мы на предвыборных митингах Дони видели🔫
Иноагента Мишу Ха пригласили на инаугурацию. Ну то есть как бы пригласили, но там была формальность - надо было за почтовые марки на приглашении заплатить. Миллион долларов всего. Или два, если с женой/мужем.
И сразу гостя окатили мощной струей демократии. Улицы перекрыты демократично, патрули демократичные. А уж как они без тщательных досмотров безопасность обеспечивали - просто концентрат свободы. Мы на предвыборных митингах Дони видели🔫
The last couple days have exemplified that uncertainty. On Thursday, news emerged that talks in Turkey between the Russia and Ukraine yielded no positive result. But on Friday, Reuters reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin said there had been some “positive shifts” in talks between the two sides. Overall, extreme levels of fear in the market seems to have morphed into something more resembling concern. For example, the Cboe Volatility Index fell from its 2022 peak of 36, which it hit Monday, to around 30 on Friday, a sign of easing tensions. Meanwhile, while the price of WTI crude oil slipped from Sunday’s multiyear high $130 of barrel to $109 a pop. Markets have been expecting heavy restrictions on Russian oil, some of which the U.S. has already imposed, and that would reduce the global supply and bring about even more burdensome inflation. Telegram was co-founded by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the brothers who had previously created VKontakte. VK is Russia’s equivalent of Facebook, a social network used for public and private messaging, audio and video sharing as well as online gaming. In January, SimpleWeb reported that VK was Russia’s fourth most-visited website, after Yandex, YouTube and Google’s Russian-language homepage. In 2016, Forbes’ Michael Solomon described Pavel Durov (pictured, below) as the “Mark Zuckerberg of Russia.” Telegram, which does little policing of its content, has also became a hub for Russian propaganda and misinformation. Many pro-Kremlin channels have become popular, alongside accounts of journalists and other independent observers. He said that since his platform does not have the capacity to check all channels, it may restrict some in Russia and Ukraine "for the duration of the conflict," but then reversed course hours later after many users complained that Telegram was an important source of information.
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