Первые контакты с администрацией Трампа вселяют надежды, американские партнеры демонстрируют прагматизм и желание отказаться от старых клише, заявил президент Владимир Путин.
В то же время он сказал, что часть западных элит «настроена на сохранение нестабильности в мире». «И эти силы будут пытаться сорвать или скомпрометировать начавшийся диалог. Мы это с вами видим», – отметил глава государства.
Первые контакты с администрацией Трампа вселяют надежды, американские партнеры демонстрируют прагматизм и желание отказаться от старых клише, заявил президент Владимир Путин.
В то же время он сказал, что часть западных элит «настроена на сохранение нестабильности в мире». «И эти силы будут пытаться сорвать или скомпрометировать начавшийся диалог. Мы это с вами видим», – отметил глава государства.
Either way, Durov says that he withdrew his resignation but that he was ousted from his company anyway. Subsequently, control of the company was reportedly handed to oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Igor Sechin, both allegedly close associates of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. 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. For Oleksandra Tsekhanovska, head of the Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group at the Kyiv-based Ukraine Crisis Media Center, the effects are both near- and far-reaching. Such instructions could actually endanger people — citizens receive air strike warnings via smartphone alerts. On December 23rd, 2020, Pavel Durov posted to his channel that the company would need to start generating revenue. In early 2021, he added that any advertising on the platform would not use user data for targeting, and that it would be focused on “large one-to-many channels.” He pledged that ads would be “non-intrusive” and that most users would simply not notice any change.
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