— Вы помните, что называется в физике законом неустойчивого равновесия? — Ну, это... когда центр тяжести находится выше точки опоры. — Вот. А вы жизнь хотите прожить в таком положении. Когда человек занимает место не по праву, он балансирует, ловчит. А закон неустойчивого равновесия никто отменить не может, даже Николай Николаевич. («Высота», 1957)
— Вы помните, что называется в физике законом неустойчивого равновесия? — Ну, это... когда центр тяжести находится выше точки опоры. — Вот. А вы жизнь хотите прожить в таком положении. Когда человек занимает место не по праву, он балансирует, ловчит. А закон неустойчивого равновесия никто отменить не может, даже Николай Николаевич. («Высота», 1957)
False news often spreads via public groups, or chats, with potentially fatal effects. In February 2014, the Ukrainian people ousted pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych, prompting Russia to invade and annex the Crimean peninsula. By the start of April, Pavel Durov had given his notice, with TechCrunch saying at the time that the CEO had resisted pressure to suppress pages criticizing the Russian government. At this point, however, Durov had already been working on Telegram with his brother, and further planned a mobile-first social network with an explicit focus on anti-censorship. Later in April, he told TechCrunch that he had left Russia and had “no plans to go back,” saying that the nation was currently “incompatible with internet business at the moment.” He added later that he was looking for a country that matched his libertarian ideals to base his next startup. Apparently upbeat developments in Russia's discussions with Ukraine helped at least temporarily send investors back into risk assets. Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that there were "certain positive developments" occurring in the talks with Ukraine, according to a transcript of their meeting. Putin added that discussions were happening "almost on a daily basis." 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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