🇦🇲🇫🇷🪖 14 октября министр обороны Армении Сурен Папикян принял чрезвычайного и полномочного посла Франции в Армении Оливье Декоттиньи. В ходе встречи были обсуждены вопросы, касающиеся нынешнего хода и будущих программ сотрудничества Армения-Франция в сфере обороны, в частности, реформ, проводимых в ВС Армении, и программ сотрудничества с Францией в рамках этих реформ.
🇦🇲🇫🇷🪖 14 октября министр обороны Армении Сурен Папикян принял чрезвычайного и полномочного посла Франции в Армении Оливье Декоттиньи. В ходе встречи были обсуждены вопросы, касающиеся нынешнего хода и будущих программ сотрудничества Армения-Франция в сфере обороны, в частности, реформ, проводимых в ВС Армении, и программ сотрудничества с Францией в рамках этих реформ.
But the Ukraine Crisis Media Center's Tsekhanovska points out that communications are often down in zones most affected by the war, making this sort of cross-referencing a luxury many cannot afford. After fleeing Russia, the brothers founded Telegram as a way to communicate outside the Kremlin's orbit. They now run it from Dubai, and Pavel Durov says it has more than 500 million monthly active users. 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. "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." Telegram has become more interventionist over time, and has steadily increased its efforts to shut down these accounts. But this has also meant that the company has also engaged with lawmakers more generally, although it maintains that it doesn’t do so willingly. For instance, in September 2021, Telegram reportedly blocked a chat bot in support of (Putin critic) Alexei Navalny during Russia’s most recent parliamentary elections. Pavel Durov was quoted at the time saying that the company was obliged to follow a “legitimate” law of the land. He added that as Apple and Google both follow the law, to violate it would give both platforms a reason to boot the messenger from its stores.
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