Прямо сюжет для сатирического отступления в херсонесской постановке подпрезидентского «Грифона». Одни с мандатом духовника Путина решили украдкой модернизировать античные развалины, другие – охранители Севастополя – с госмандатом и полномочиями открыто пресекать любые нарушения при поддержке граждан– трусливо и в сумерках перелазят с пакетом через ограду – посмотреть, что там натворили вельможи. Жалкое и одновременно– смешное зрелище. // Крымский канал
Прямо сюжет для сатирического отступления в херсонесской постановке подпрезидентского «Грифона». Одни с мандатом духовника Путина решили украдкой модернизировать античные развалины, другие – охранители Севастополя – с госмандатом и полномочиями открыто пресекать любые нарушения при поддержке граждан– трусливо и в сумерках перелазят с пакетом через ограду – посмотреть, что там натворили вельможи. Жалкое и одновременно– смешное зрелище. // Крымский канал
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been a driving force in markets for the past few weeks. 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. Such instructions could actually endanger people — citizens receive air strike warnings via smartphone alerts. 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. In 2014, Pavel Durov fled the country after allies of the Kremlin took control of the social networking site most know just as VK. Russia's intelligence agency had asked Durov to turn over the data of anti-Kremlin protesters. Durov refused to do so.
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