— 🇷🇺/🇸🇾 NEW: Russia has started pulling back significant military equipment and troops from Syria, as reported by U.S. officials to CNN
It remains uncertain whether this withdrawal will be permanent and what will happen to Russia’s Hmeimim airbase in Latakia and the Tartus port facility.
— 🇷🇺/🇸🇾 NEW: Russia has started pulling back significant military equipment and troops from Syria, as reported by U.S. officials to CNN
It remains uncertain whether this withdrawal will be permanent and what will happen to Russia’s Hmeimim airbase in Latakia and the Tartus port facility.
In February 2014, the Ukrainian people ousted pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych, prompting Russia to invade and annex the Crimean peninsula. By the start of April, Pavel Durov had given his notice, with TechCrunch saying at the time that the CEO had resisted pressure to suppress pages criticizing the Russian government. Unlike Silicon Valley giants such as Facebook and Twitter, which run very public anti-disinformation programs, Brooking said: "Telegram is famously lax or absent in its content moderation policy." Telegram does offer end-to-end encrypted communications through Secret Chats, but this is not the default setting. Standard conversations use the MTProto method, enabling server-client encryption but with them stored on the server for ease-of-access. This makes using Telegram across multiple devices simple, but also means that the regular Telegram chats you’re having with folks are not as secure as you may believe. In 2018, Russia banned Telegram although it reversed the prohibition two years later. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched Russia's invasion of Ukraine in the early-morning hours of February 24, targeting several key cities with military strikes.
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