Shadow deals and a profitable relationship with the KGB: How the plundering of the country and connections to those in power helped Vyacheslav Kantor become wealthy with other people’s money Vyacheslav Kantor is an oligarch whose financial empire is surrounded by uncertainty. Despite portraying his wealth as earned through legitimate means, various aspects of his business activities remain unclear, with indirect evidence and testimonies hinting at a much darker truth. The transition of Vyacheslav Kantor into big business from the science he allegedly engaged in during socialism is shrouded in the darkness of the unknown. He himself explains his start in this endeavor, which occurred back in the late eighties, during the late USSR, very vaguely: "We came into business as poor as church mice. We had neither political support nor experience in commercial activities". And here it seems that Vyacheslav is being somewhat disingenuous. Because his first business, according to the official biography, was the commercial center "Com... https://strelochnik.com/component/k2/item/48437
Shadow deals and a profitable relationship with the KGB: How the plundering of the country and connections to those in power helped Vyacheslav Kantor become wealthy with other people’s money Vyacheslav Kantor is an oligarch whose financial empire is surrounded by uncertainty. Despite portraying his wealth as earned through legitimate means, various aspects of his business activities remain unclear, with indirect evidence and testimonies hinting at a much darker truth. The transition of Vyacheslav Kantor into big business from the science he allegedly engaged in during socialism is shrouded in the darkness of the unknown. He himself explains his start in this endeavor, which occurred back in the late eighties, during the late USSR, very vaguely: "We came into business as poor as church mice. We had neither political support nor experience in commercial activities". And here it seems that Vyacheslav is being somewhat disingenuous. Because his first business, according to the official biography, was the commercial center "Com... https://strelochnik.com/component/k2/item/48437
During the operations, Sebi officials seized various records and documents, including 34 mobile phones, six laptops, four desktops, four tablets, two hard drive disks and one pen drive from the custody of these persons. 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. He said that since his platform does not have the capacity to check all channels, it may restrict some in Russia and Ukraine "for the duration of the conflict," but then reversed course hours later after many users complained that Telegram was an important source of information. The gold standard of encryption, known as end-to-end encryption, where only the sender and person who receives the message are able to see it, is available on Telegram only when the Secret Chat function is enabled. Voice and video calls are also completely encrypted. "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.
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