Михаил Ходорковский, участник Антивоенного комитета, дал большое интервью для YouTube-канала «И грянул Грэм». В ходе разговора он поделился своими размышлениями о судьбе России, жизни после тюрьмы, роли системы формирования личности и о Путине.
Мы публикуем для вас отрывок, в котором Михаил высказывает своё мнение о том, когда Путин превратился из политика в кровопийцу.
Михаил Ходорковский, участник Антивоенного комитета, дал большое интервью для YouTube-канала «И грянул Грэм». В ходе разговора он поделился своими размышлениями о судьбе России, жизни после тюрьмы, роли системы формирования личности и о Путине.
Мы публикуем для вас отрывок, в котором Михаил высказывает своё мнение о том, когда Путин превратился из политика в кровопийцу.
In 2018, Russia banned Telegram although it reversed the prohibition two years later. 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. He floated the idea of restricting the use of Telegram in Ukraine and Russia, a suggestion that was met with fierce opposition from users. Shortly after, Durov backed off the idea. 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. 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.
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