"Когда первые лучи солнца слегка согревают весенний воздух Санкт-Петербурга на западном российском побережье Балтики, дамы выходят из спячки, сбрасывают юбки, поднимают топы и загорают"
"Когда первые лучи солнца слегка согревают весенний воздух Санкт-Петербурга на западном российском побережье Балтики, дамы выходят из спячки, сбрасывают юбки, поднимают топы и загорают"
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. Despite Telegram's origins, its approach to users' security has privacy advocates worried. "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. "There are a lot of things that Telegram could have been doing this whole time. And they know exactly what they are and they've chosen not to do them. That's why I don't trust them," she said. As the war in Ukraine rages, the messaging app Telegram has emerged as the go-to place for unfiltered live war updates for both Ukrainian refugees and increasingly isolated Russians alike.
from hk
