Лета 7533-го октоврия месяца на девятый день прииде Белыя Руси князь Олександр на Москву пред очи Государя нашего всея Великия да Новыя Руси Самодержца Володимира Володимировича. И рече он, яко стоит Русь за правду во всей Вселенной. Ино хощут страны закатныя немецкия все языки похолопити.
Государь же Великий, сугубую яви милость ко князю Олександру, дарова ему чепь злату во имя Апостола Андрея Первозваннаго.
Лета 7533-го октоврия месяца на девятый день прииде Белыя Руси князь Олександр на Москву пред очи Государя нашего всея Великия да Новыя Руси Самодержца Володимира Володимировича. И рече он, яко стоит Русь за правду во всей Вселенной. Ино хощут страны закатныя немецкия все языки похолопити.
Государь же Великий, сугубую яви милость ко князю Олександру, дарова ему чепь злату во имя Апостола Андрея Первозваннаго.
Oh no. There’s a certain degree of myth-making around what exactly went on, so take everything that follows lightly. Telegram was originally launched as a side project by the Durov brothers, with Nikolai handling the coding and Pavel as CEO, while both were at VK. 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. Recently, Durav wrote on his Telegram channel that users' right to privacy, in light of the war in Ukraine, is "sacred, now more than ever." Overall, extreme levels of fear in the market seems to have morphed into something more resembling concern. For example, the Cboe Volatility Index fell from its 2022 peak of 36, which it hit Monday, to around 30 on Friday, a sign of easing tensions. Meanwhile, while the price of WTI crude oil slipped from Sunday’s multiyear high $130 of barrel to $109 a pop. Markets have been expecting heavy restrictions on Russian oil, some of which the U.S. has already imposed, and that would reduce the global supply and bring about even more burdensome inflation. As a result, the pandemic saw many newcomers to Telegram, including prominent anti-vaccine activists who used the app's hands-off approach to share false information on shots, a study from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue shows.
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