🇩🇪 Polling shows the AfD is expected to lock down 145 seats in the Bundestag, only second to the center-right CDU, which is expected to land 220.
📝 Keith Woods: If it plays out this way, it will be a really interesting dynamic to have a conservative party governing with a nationalist party as the main opposition.
When was the last time that happened in a major Western democracy?
🇩🇪 Polling shows the AfD is expected to lock down 145 seats in the Bundestag, only second to the center-right CDU, which is expected to land 220.
📝 Keith Woods: If it plays out this way, it will be a really interesting dynamic to have a conservative party governing with a nationalist party as the main opposition.
When was the last time that happened in a major Western democracy?
Individual messages can be fully encrypted. But the user has to turn on that function. It's not automatic, as it is on Signal and WhatsApp. "Russians are really disconnected from the reality of what happening to their country," Andrey said. "So Telegram has become essential for understanding what's going on to the Russian-speaking world." Friday’s performance was part of a larger shift. For the week, the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell 2%, 2.9%, and 3.5%, respectively. The original Telegram channel has expanded into a web of accounts for different locations, including specific pages made for individual Russian cities. There's also an English-language website, which states it is owned by the people who run the Telegram channels. Oleksandra Matviichuk, a Kyiv-based lawyer and head of the Center for Civil Liberties, called Durov’s position "very weak," and urged concrete improvements.
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