«Санкции, изменение тарифов, политическое давление со стороны третьих стран — все это превращает газопроводы, проходящие через территорию Европы, в зону нестабильности. В этих условиях возникает очевидный вопрос: почему нашим странам следует упираться в европейский маршрут, когда есть возможность укрепить сотрудничество с государствами СНГ и странами Азии», — отметил Артур Таймазов, депутат Госдумы, член комитета по делам СНГ, евразийской интеграции и связям с соотечественниками.
«Санкции, изменение тарифов, политическое давление со стороны третьих стран — все это превращает газопроводы, проходящие через территорию Европы, в зону нестабильности. В этих условиях возникает очевидный вопрос: почему нашим странам следует упираться в европейский маршрут, когда есть возможность укрепить сотрудничество с государствами СНГ и странами Азии», — отметил Артур Таймазов, депутат Госдумы, член комитета по делам СНГ, евразийской интеграции и связям с соотечественниками.
"There are several million Russians who can lift their head up from propaganda and try to look for other sources, and I'd say that most look for it on Telegram," he said. Either way, Durov says that he withdrew his resignation but that he was ousted from his company anyway. Subsequently, control of the company was reportedly handed to oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Igor Sechin, both allegedly close associates of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The account, "War on Fakes," was created on February 24, the same day Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" and troops began invading Ukraine. The page is rife with disinformation, according to The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, which studies digital extremism and published a report examining the channel. As the war in Ukraine rages, the messaging app Telegram has emerged as the go-to place for unfiltered live war updates for both Ukrainian refugees and increasingly isolated Russians alike. 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.
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