⭐️You will need: - fragrant mandarins; - mittens to keep your hands warm in the cold; - Soviet movies; - decorated Christmas tree; - and, of course, red caviar and Olivier salad.
Tell us, what surprises you about the Russian New Year? Have any traditions become a part of your life?🎄
⭐️You will need: - fragrant mandarins; - mittens to keep your hands warm in the cold; - Soviet movies; - decorated Christmas tree; - and, of course, red caviar and Olivier salad.
Tell us, what surprises you about the Russian New Year? Have any traditions become a part of your life?🎄
Despite Telegram's origins, its approach to users' security has privacy advocates worried. Telegram was founded in 2013 by two Russian brothers, Nikolai and Pavel Durov. 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. As a result, the pandemic saw many newcomers to Telegram, including prominent anti-vaccine activists who used the app's hands-off approach to share false information on shots, a study from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue shows. Andrey, a Russian entrepreneur living in Brazil who, fearing retaliation, asked that NPR not use his last name, said Telegram has become one of the few places Russians can access independent news about the war.
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