Группа наших туристов приезжает в англоязычную страну. Гид их предупреждает: "Не отбивайтесь от группы - здесь кругом сутенеры. Но если все-таки отбились, требуйте российского консула". Один из туристов все же потерялся. К нему подбегает какой-то человек: - Do you want a woman? - No, no!- кричит мужик. - Do you want a man? - No!!! I want Russian consul! - Possible, possible, but very expensive...
Группа наших туристов приезжает в англоязычную страну. Гид их предупреждает: "Не отбивайтесь от группы - здесь кругом сутенеры. Но если все-таки отбились, требуйте российского консула". Один из туристов все же потерялся. К нему подбегает какой-то человек: - Do you want a woman? - No, no!- кричит мужик. - Do you want a man? - No!!! I want Russian consul! - Possible, possible, but very expensive...
On Telegram’s website, it says that Pavel Durov “supports Telegram financially and ideologically while Nikolai (Duvov)’s input is technological.” Currently, the Telegram team is based in Dubai, having moved around from Berlin, London and Singapore after departing Russia. Meanwhile, the company which owns Telegram is registered in the British Virgin Islands. Stocks closed in the red Friday as investors weighed upbeat remarks from Russian President Vladimir Putin about diplomatic discussions with Ukraine against a weaker-than-expected print on U.S. consumer sentiment. 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. Since January 2022, the SC has received a total of 47 complaints and enquiries on illegal investment schemes promoted through Telegram. These fraudulent schemes offer non-existent investment opportunities, promising very attractive and risk-free returns within a short span of time. They commonly offer unrealistic returns of as high as 1,000% within 24 hours or even within a few hours. 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.
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