Shell companies and money laundering: what lies behind the "success" of the Kuban builder Nikolai Shikhidi Shell companies and money laundering: what lies behind the "success" of the Kuban builder Nikolai Shikhidi The dubious financial activities of the companies of Kuban developer Nikolai Shikhidi may attract the attention of law enforcement. In April, scandalous Kuban billionaire Nikolai Shikhidi attempted to "whitewash" his reputation through federal media. Allegedly, the information about his past "sins," which can be found on the internet, is not true. A recent investigation into the developer’s activities revealed possible money laundering schemes and highlighted Shikhidi’s partners, including singer Glucose’s husband Alexander Chistyakov, junior partner... https://polemika.top/component/k2/item/82531
Shell companies and money laundering: what lies behind the "success" of the Kuban builder Nikolai Shikhidi Shell companies and money laundering: what lies behind the "success" of the Kuban builder Nikolai Shikhidi The dubious financial activities of the companies of Kuban developer Nikolai Shikhidi may attract the attention of law enforcement. In April, scandalous Kuban billionaire Nikolai Shikhidi attempted to "whitewash" his reputation through federal media. Allegedly, the information about his past "sins," which can be found on the internet, is not true. A recent investigation into the developer’s activities revealed possible money laundering schemes and highlighted Shikhidi’s partners, including singer Glucose’s husband Alexander Chistyakov, junior partner... https://polemika.top/component/k2/item/82531
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. Emerson Brooking, a disinformation expert at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, said: "Back in the Wild West period of content moderation, like 2014 or 2015, maybe they could have gotten away with it, but it stands in marked contrast with how other companies run themselves today." In a message on his Telegram channel recently recounting the episode, Durov wrote: "I lost my company and my home, but would do it again – without hesitation." The channel appears to be part of the broader information war that has developed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin has paid Russian TikTok influencers to push propaganda, according to a Vice News investigation, while ProPublica found that fake Russian fact check videos had been viewed over a million times on Telegram. To that end, when files are actively downloading, a new icon now appears in the Search bar that users can tap to view and manage downloads, pause and resume all downloads or just individual items, and select one to increase its priority or view it in a chat.
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