В обмен на журналистов, правозащитников и оппозиционеров, а также бывшего американского морпеха, западные страны согласились отдать:
- Вадима Красикова (из Германии, «киллер на велосипеде»), - Артема Дульцева (из Словении), - Анну Дульцеву (из Словении), - Михаила Микушина (из Норвегии), - Павла Рубцова (из Польши), - Романа Селезнева (из США), - Владислава Клюшина (из США), - Вадима Конощенка (из США).
В обмен на журналистов, правозащитников и оппозиционеров, а также бывшего американского морпеха, западные страны согласились отдать:
- Вадима Красикова (из Германии, «киллер на велосипеде»), - Артема Дульцева (из Словении), - Анну Дульцеву (из Словении), - Михаила Микушина (из Норвегии), - Павла Рубцова (из Польши), - Романа Селезнева (из США), - Владислава Клюшина (из США), - Вадима Конощенка (из США).
It is unclear who runs the account, although Russia's official Ministry of Foreign Affairs Twitter account promoted the Telegram channel on Saturday and claimed it was operated by "a group of experts & journalists." 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. 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.” A Russian Telegram channel with over 700,000 followers is spreading disinformation about Russia's invasion of Ukraine under the guise of providing "objective information" and fact-checking fake news. Its influence extends beyond the platform, with major Russian publications, government officials, and journalists citing the page's posts. Some people used the platform to organize ahead of the storming of the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, and last month Senator Mark Warner sent a letter to Durov urging him to curb Russian information operations on Telegram.
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