В офисе Защитника прав человека агентству Sputnik Армения заявили: «В результате мониторинга социальных сетей получена тревожная информация об ухудшении состояния здоровья Рубена Варданяна и применении к нему пыток. В связи со сложившейся ситуацией по поручению Анаит Манасян были предприняты и продолжают предприниматься соответствующие шаги в рамках полномочий Защитника прав человека». Полная версия статьи доступна на […]
В офисе Защитника прав человека агентству Sputnik Армения заявили: «В результате мониторинга социальных сетей получена тревожная информация об ухудшении состояния здоровья Рубена Варданяна и применении к нему пыток. В связи со сложившейся ситуацией по поручению Анаит Манасян были предприняты и продолжают предприниматься соответствующие шаги в рамках полномочий Защитника прав человека». Полная версия статьи доступна на […]
Crude oil prices edged higher after tumbling on Thursday, when U.S. West Texas intermediate slid back below $110 per barrel after topping as much as $130 a barrel in recent sessions. Still, gas prices at the pump rose to fresh highs. 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 was co-founded by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the brothers who had previously created VKontakte. VK is Russia’s equivalent of Facebook, a social network used for public and private messaging, audio and video sharing as well as online gaming. In January, SimpleWeb reported that VK was Russia’s fourth most-visited website, after Yandex, YouTube and Google’s Russian-language homepage. In 2016, Forbes’ Michael Solomon described Pavel Durov (pictured, below) as the “Mark Zuckerberg of Russia.” 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." 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.
from in
