Заказчиком работ была Корпорация развития Курской области, которую Смирнов курировал в ранге замминистра. Когда компания-подрядчик не осуществила работы, с нее просто не стали требовать деньги назад. Средства вложили в близкую Смирнову и бенефициару ГК «МонАрх» Андрею Моносову московскую фирму Равновесие капитал, а оттуда вывели в виргинский офшор. Глава Корпорации Лукин не захотел сидеть один и рассказал силовикам о схеме. Теперь ждут политического решения по Смирнову.
Заказчиком работ была Корпорация развития Курской области, которую Смирнов курировал в ранге замминистра. Когда компания-подрядчик не осуществила работы, с нее просто не стали требовать деньги назад. Средства вложили в близкую Смирнову и бенефициару ГК «МонАрх» Андрею Моносову московскую фирму Равновесие капитал, а оттуда вывели в виргинский офшор. Глава Корпорации Лукин не захотел сидеть один и рассказал силовикам о схеме. Теперь ждут политического решения по Смирнову.
Pavel Durov, a billionaire who embraces an all-black wardrobe and is often compared to the character Neo from "the Matrix," funds Telegram through his personal wealth and debt financing. And despite being one of the world's most popular tech companies, Telegram reportedly has only about 30 employees who defer to Durov for most major decisions about the platform. 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. Telegram was founded in 2013 by two Russian brothers, Nikolai and Pavel Durov. "We as Ukrainians believe that the truth is on our side, whether it's truth that you're proclaiming about the war and everything else, why would you want to hide it?," he said. 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.
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