Yuri Mikheev, from the Moscow suburb of Lobnya, is the youngest beneficiary of Solidarity zone. On 10 November 2023, 18-year-old Yuri and his friend were detained on the grounds of a military base in the Moscow region. The FSB accused the young men of planning to set fire to military equipment. A case was opened under articles related to “preparation for sabotage”, and Yuri now faces up to 10 years in prison.
You can support Yuri by sending him a letter!
✉️ Address for postal correspondence: Russia, 109382, Москва, ул. Верхние Поля, д. 57, СИЗО-7, Mikheev Yuri Vasilyevich d.o.b. 03.11.2005. Михеев Юрий Васильевич 03.11.2005 г.р.
Yuri Mikheev, from the Moscow suburb of Lobnya, is the youngest beneficiary of Solidarity zone. On 10 November 2023, 18-year-old Yuri and his friend were detained on the grounds of a military base in the Moscow region. The FSB accused the young men of planning to set fire to military equipment. A case was opened under articles related to “preparation for sabotage”, and Yuri now faces up to 10 years in prison.
You can support Yuri by sending him a letter!
✉️ Address for postal correspondence: Russia, 109382, Москва, ул. Верхние Поля, д. 57, СИЗО-7, Mikheev Yuri Vasilyevich d.o.b. 03.11.2005. Михеев Юрий Васильевич 03.11.2005 г.р.
Right now the digital security needs of Russians and Ukrainians are very different, and they lead to very different caveats about how to mitigate the risks associated with using Telegram. For Ukrainians in Ukraine, whose physical safety is at risk because they are in a war zone, digital security is probably not their highest priority. They may value access to news and communication with their loved ones over making sure that all of their communications are encrypted in such a manner that they are indecipherable to Telegram, its employees, or governments with court orders. Update March 8, 2022: EFF has clarified that Channels and Groups are not fully encrypted, end-to-end, updated our post to link to Telegram’s FAQ for Cloud and Secret chats, updated to clarify that auto-delete is available for group and channel admins, and added some additional links. 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. However, the perpetrators of such frauds are now adopting new methods and technologies to defraud the investors. Just days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Durov wrote that Telegram was "increasingly becoming a source of unverified information," and he worried about the app being used to "incite ethnic hatred."
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