Russia fired more than 1,000 shells into the Ukrainian city of Kherson this morning. Locals say it is the largest shelling of the city since the start of Russia's war against Ukraine. Russian troops have shelled the city's civilian infrastructure
🇺🇦 Сьогодні зранку росія випустила по українському місту Херсон понад 1000 снарядів. Місцеві кажуть, що це найбільший обстріл міста з початку війни росії проти України. Російські війська обстріляли цивільну міську інфраструктуру
Russia fired more than 1,000 shells into the Ukrainian city of Kherson this morning. Locals say it is the largest shelling of the city since the start of Russia's war against Ukraine. Russian troops have shelled the city's civilian infrastructure
🇺🇦 Сьогодні зранку росія випустила по українському місту Херсон понад 1000 снарядів. Місцеві кажуть, що це найбільший обстріл міста з початку війни росії проти України. Російські війська обстріляли цивільну міську інфраструктуру
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. At the start of 2018, the company attempted to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which would enable it to enable payments (and earn the cash that comes from doing so). The initial signals were promising, especially given Telegram’s user base is already fairly crypto-savvy. It raised an initial tranche of cash – worth more than a billion dollars – to help develop the coin before opening sales to the public. Unfortunately, third-party sales of coins bought in those initial fundraising rounds raised the ire of the SEC, which brought the hammer down on the whole operation. In 2020, officials ordered Telegram to pay a fine of $18.5 million and hand back much of the cash that it had raised. 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. 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. In a statement, the regulator said the search and seizure operation was carried out against seven individuals and one corporate entity at multiple locations in Ahmedabad and Bhavnagar in Gujarat, Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, and Mumbai.
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