Firesteel amulets from the Museum of Lund. In 1880 Johan Alfred Göth wrote that in rural Småland, it was said that sheet lightning was caused by Freyja striking Her firesteel to check on the rye.
Firesteel amulets from the Museum of Lund. In 1880 Johan Alfred Göth wrote that in rural Småland, it was said that sheet lightning was caused by Freyja striking Her firesteel to check on the rye.
'Wild West' 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.” After fleeing Russia, the brothers founded Telegram as a way to communicate outside the Kremlin's orbit. They now run it from Dubai, and Pavel Durov says it has more than 500 million monthly active users. In 2018, Russia banned Telegram although it reversed the prohibition two years later. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been a driving force in markets for the past few weeks.
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