Куйвашев Е.В., Свердловская область Меликов С.А., Дагестан Минниханов Р.Н., Татарстан Осипов А.М., Забайкальский край Середюк И.В., Кемеровская область-Кузбасс Смирнов А.Б., Курская область Томенко В.П., Алтайский край Травников А.А., Новосибирская область
Куйвашев Е.В., Свердловская область Меликов С.А., Дагестан Минниханов Р.Н., Татарстан Осипов А.М., Забайкальский край Середюк И.В., Кемеровская область-Кузбасс Смирнов А.Б., Курская область Томенко В.П., Алтайский край Травников А.А., Новосибирская область
These entities are reportedly operating nine Telegram channels with more than five million subscribers to whom they were making recommendations on selected listed scrips. Such recommendations induced the investors to deal in the said scrips, thereby creating artificial volume and price rise. Multiple pro-Kremlin media figures circulated the post's false claims, including prominent Russian journalist Vladimir Soloviev and the state-controlled Russian outlet RT, according to the DFR Lab's report. In a message on his Telegram channel recently recounting the episode, Durov wrote: "I lost my company and my home, but would do it again – without hesitation." 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. For example, WhatsApp restricted the number of times a user could forward something, and developed automated systems that detect and flag objectionable content.
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