We continue to discuss "the clinks", where those convicted of radical anti-war activities are now being sent. Balashov prison has a long history, and in its recent period it received the first political prisoner back in 2017. Read about this and other features of the clink in Balashov in the cards.
We continue to discuss "the clinks", where those convicted of radical anti-war activities are now being sent. Balashov prison has a long history, and in its recent period it received the first political prisoner back in 2017. Read about this and other features of the clink in Balashov in the cards.
Oh no. There’s a certain degree of myth-making around what exactly went on, so take everything that follows lightly. Telegram was originally launched as a side project by the Durov brothers, with Nikolai handling the coding and Pavel as CEO, while both were at VK. Telegram, which does little policing of its content, has also became a hub for Russian propaganda and misinformation. Many pro-Kremlin channels have become popular, alongside accounts of journalists and other independent observers. In the United States, Telegram's lower public profile has helped it mostly avoid high level scrutiny from Congress, but it has not gone unnoticed. DFR Lab sent the image through Microsoft Azure's Face Verification program and found that it was "highly unlikely" that the person in the second photo was the same as the first woman. The fact-checker Logically AI also found the claim to be false. The woman, Olena Kurilo, was also captured in a video after the airstrike and shown to have the injuries. Again, in contrast to Facebook, Google and Twitter, Telegram's founder Pavel Durov runs his company in relative secrecy from Dubai.
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