Syrian opposition channels: The Russians have begun to evacuate equipment from the Hmeimim air base, which is not far from Bashar Assad's home village - Qardahah.
There is not (and not expected to be) a direct confrontation between the rebels and the Russians. It is in the mutual interest of both parties. The rebels have not yet deployed significant forces to the area. There are reports of preparations for the entry of rebel forces into Latakia - which had already celebrated the fall of Assad even before the rebels entered it.
Syrian opposition channels: The Russians have begun to evacuate equipment from the Hmeimim air base, which is not far from Bashar Assad's home village - Qardahah.
There is not (and not expected to be) a direct confrontation between the rebels and the Russians. It is in the mutual interest of both parties. The rebels have not yet deployed significant forces to the area. There are reports of preparations for the entry of rebel forces into Latakia - which had already celebrated the fall of Assad even before the rebels entered it.
Artem Kliuchnikov and his family fled Ukraine just days before the Russian invasion. 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. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched Russia's invasion of Ukraine in the early-morning hours of February 24, targeting several key cities with military strikes. 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 fake Zelenskiy account reached 20,000 followers on Telegram before it was shut down, a remedial action that experts say is all too rare.
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