Ровно полгода тому назад, вечером 12 марта, на меня напали.
Сегодня мы готовы рассказать о том, кто и зачем это сделал.
Мы занимались проверкой и расследованием на протяжении двух месяцев, а также привлекли ведущих журналистов-расследователей к верификации полученной нами информации.
Да, это история из разряда «мир никогда не будет прежним». Да, в это трудно поверить. Но, увы, это правда: Леонид Невзлин был готов заплатить 250 тысяч долларов исполнителям, которые должны были сделать меня инвалидом и передать в руки ФСБ
Ровно полгода тому назад, вечером 12 марта, на меня напали.
Сегодня мы готовы рассказать о том, кто и зачем это сделал.
Мы занимались проверкой и расследованием на протяжении двух месяцев, а также привлекли ведущих журналистов-расследователей к верификации полученной нами информации.
Да, это история из разряда «мир никогда не будет прежним». Да, в это трудно поверить. Но, увы, это правда: Леонид Невзлин был готов заплатить 250 тысяч долларов исполнителям, которые должны были сделать меня инвалидом и передать в руки ФСБ
The next bit isn’t clear, but Durov reportedly claimed that his resignation, dated March 21st, was an April Fools’ prank. TechCrunch implies that it was a matter of principle, but it’s hard to be clear on the wheres, whos and whys. Similarly, on April 17th, the Moscow Times quoted Durov as saying that he quit the company after being pressured to reveal account details about Ukrainians protesting the then-president Viktor Yanukovych. The last couple days have exemplified that uncertainty. On Thursday, news emerged that talks in Turkey between the Russia and Ukraine yielded no positive result. But on Friday, Reuters reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin said there had been some “positive shifts” in talks between the two sides. Markets continued to grapple with the economic and corporate earnings implications relating to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. “We have a ton of uncertainty right now,” said Stephanie Link, chief investment strategist and portfolio manager at Hightower Advisors. “We’re dealing with a war, we’re dealing with inflation. We don’t know what it means to earnings.” At its heart, Telegram is little more than a messaging app like WhatsApp or Signal. But it also offers open channels that enable a single user, or a group of users, to communicate with large numbers in a method similar to a Twitter account. This has proven to be both a blessing and a curse for Telegram and its users, since these channels can be used for both good and ill. Right now, as Wired reports, the app is a key way for Ukrainians to receive updates from the government during the invasion. 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.
from nl
