В 2013 году французские силы освободили от джихадистов город Томбукту на севере Мали. Тогда местные жители выходили на улицы с лозунгами «Да здравствует Франция, да здравствует Олланд», и сыпали благодарностями в адрес доблестных военных. От любви до ненависти прошло несколько лет, и вот уже граждане Мали приветствуют помощь России. Вопрос, который остается пока без ответа: будет ли эта крепкая любовь или это лишь очередная симпатия?
В 2013 году французские силы освободили от джихадистов город Томбукту на севере Мали. Тогда местные жители выходили на улицы с лозунгами «Да здравствует Франция, да здравствует Олланд», и сыпали благодарностями в адрес доблестных военных. От любви до ненависти прошло несколько лет, и вот уже граждане Мали приветствуют помощь России. Вопрос, который остается пока без ответа: будет ли эта крепкая любовь или это лишь очередная симпатия?
At this point, however, Durov had already been working on Telegram with his brother, and further planned a mobile-first social network with an explicit focus on anti-censorship. Later in April, he told TechCrunch that he had left Russia and had “no plans to go back,” saying that the nation was currently “incompatible with internet business at the moment.” He added later that he was looking for a country that matched his libertarian ideals to base his next startup. Russians and Ukrainians are both prolific users of Telegram. They rely on the app for channels that act as newsfeeds, group chats (both public and private), and one-to-one communication. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Telegram has remained an important lifeline for both Russians and Ukrainians, as a way of staying aware of the latest news and keeping in touch with loved ones. "Your messages about the movement of the enemy through the official chatbot … bring new trophies every day," the government agency tweeted. Given the pro-privacy stance of the platform, it’s taken as a given that it’ll be used for a number of reasons, not all of them good. And Telegram has been attached to a fair few scandals related to terrorism, sexual exploitation and crime. Back in 2015, Vox described Telegram as “ISIS’ app of choice,” saying that the platform’s real use is the ability to use channels to distribute material to large groups at once. Telegram has acted to remove public channels affiliated with terrorism, but Pavel Durov reiterated that he had no business snooping on private conversations. 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.
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