22 августа произошла трагедия, посёлок Ракитное был варварски обстрелян ВСУ. Погибли пять мирных жителей. Самому молодому из них – восемнадцать лет. Одиннадцать человек находятся на лечении в больницах города Белгород. Большинство из них в возрасте от семнадцати до двадцати двух лет. Двое из них в реанимации.
22 августа произошла трагедия, посёлок Ракитное был варварски обстрелян ВСУ. Погибли пять мирных жителей. Самому молодому из них – восемнадцать лет. Одиннадцать человек находятся на лечении в больницах города Белгород. Большинство из них в возрасте от семнадцати до двадцати двух лет. Двое из них в реанимации.
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. 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. "He has to start being more proactive and to find a real solution to this situation, not stay in standby without interfering. It's a very irresponsible position from the owner of Telegram," she said. 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. In the United States, Telegram's lower public profile has helped it mostly avoid high level scrutiny from Congress, but it has not gone unnoticed.
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