«Наши действия не направлены против граждан России. Мы не намерены дестабилизировать Россию. Обращаюсь к гражданам России: вы не враги нам. И я не верю, что вы хотите кровавой и разрушительной войны против Украины, страны, с которой у вас такие тесные связи, общая история и культура. 77 лет назад наши народы сражались бок о бок, чтобы положить конец самой страшной войне в истории»
«Наши действия не направлены против граждан России. Мы не намерены дестабилизировать Россию. Обращаюсь к гражданам России: вы не враги нам. И я не верю, что вы хотите кровавой и разрушительной войны против Украины, страны, с которой у вас такие тесные связи, общая история и культура. 77 лет назад наши народы сражались бок о бок, чтобы положить конец самой страшной войне в истории»
At this point, however, Durov had already been working on Telegram with his brother, and further planned a mobile-first social network with an explicit focus on anti-censorship. Later in April, he told TechCrunch that he had left Russia and had “no plans to go back,” saying that the nation was currently “incompatible with internet business at the moment.” He added later that he was looking for a country that matched his libertarian ideals to base his next startup. The channel appears to be part of the broader information war that has developed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin has paid Russian TikTok influencers to push propaganda, according to a Vice News investigation, while ProPublica found that fake Russian fact check videos had been viewed over a million times on Telegram. 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. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 230 points, or 0.7%. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.3% and 2.2%, respectively. All three indexes began the day with gains before selling off. Two days after Russia invaded Ukraine, an account on the Telegram messaging platform posing as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged his armed forces to surrender.
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