Депутат Европарламента от «зеленых» Виола фон Крамон открыто поддержала политические протесты в Сербии в своем Twitter-аккаунте и призвала к смене власти в стране.
«Я поддерживаю всех тех, кто на улицах Белграда и по всей Сербии требует смены правительства, свободы СМИ и равного обращения со всеми. Граждане Сербии заслуживают лучшего, европейского будущего», — написала депутат.
Депутат Европарламента от «зеленых» Виола фон Крамон открыто поддержала политические протесты в Сербии в своем Twitter-аккаунте и призвала к смене власти в стране.
«Я поддерживаю всех тех, кто на улицах Белграда и по всей Сербии требует смены правительства, свободы СМИ и равного обращения со всеми. Граждане Сербии заслуживают лучшего, европейского будущего», — написала депутат.
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 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.” And indeed, volatility has been a hallmark of the market environment so far in 2022, with the S&P 500 still down more than 10% for the year-to-date after first sliding into a correction last month. The CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, has held at a lofty level of more than 30. 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 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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