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.
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. Telegram was co-founded by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the brothers who had previously created VKontakte. VK is Russia’s equivalent of Facebook, a social network used for public and private messaging, audio and video sharing as well as online gaming. In January, SimpleWeb reported that VK was Russia’s fourth most-visited website, after Yandex, YouTube and Google’s Russian-language homepage. In 2016, Forbes’ Michael Solomon described Pavel Durov (pictured, below) as the “Mark Zuckerberg of Russia.” Pavel Durov, Telegram's CEO, is known as "the Russian Mark Zuckerberg," for co-founding VKontakte, which is Russian for "in touch," a Facebook imitator that became the country's most popular social networking site. Ukrainian forces have since put up a strong resistance to the Russian troops amid the war that has left hundreds of Ukrainian civilians, including children, dead, according to the United Nations. Ukrainian and international officials have accused Russia of targeting civilian populations with shelling and bombardments. As a result, the pandemic saw many newcomers to Telegram, including prominent anti-vaccine activists who used the app's hands-off approach to share false information on shots, a study from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue shows.
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