The 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced 19-year-old Valeria Zotova to 6 years in prison on charges of attempted "terrorist act". However, the case materials, the correspondence received by the lawyer and the words of Valeria herself indicate that the case was a provocation by the FSB, whose agents actively persuaded the girl to set fire to the collection point for the Russian military. Zotova could have attracted the attention of the security services because of her anti-war position.
The 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced 19-year-old Valeria Zotova to 6 years in prison on charges of attempted "terrorist act". However, the case materials, the correspondence received by the lawyer and the words of Valeria herself indicate that the case was a provocation by the FSB, whose agents actively persuaded the girl to set fire to the collection point for the Russian military. Zotova could have attracted the attention of the security services because of her anti-war position.
Additionally, investors are often instructed to deposit monies into personal bank accounts of individuals who claim to represent a legitimate entity, and/or into an unrelated corporate account. To lend credence and to lure unsuspecting victims, perpetrators usually claim that their entity and/or the investment schemes are approved by financial authorities. And indeed, volatility has been a hallmark of the market environment so far in 2022, with the S&P 500 still down more than 10% for the year-to-date after first sliding into a correction last month. The CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, has held at a lofty level of more than 30. 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. "The result is on this photo: fiery 'greetings' to the invaders," the Security Service of Ukraine wrote alongside a photo showing several military vehicles among plumes of black smoke. Pavel Durov, a billionaire who embraces an all-black wardrobe and is often compared to the character Neo from "the Matrix," funds Telegram through his personal wealth and debt financing. And despite being one of the world's most popular tech companies, Telegram reportedly has only about 30 employees who defer to Durov for most major decisions about the platform.
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