“The symbolic expression of this cultural unity of the West, encompassing both Latins and Germans — a unity that in the Middle Ages was still compact and powerful — was Rome: Rome, both as the religious center of the Catholic Church and as the seat of the greatest cultural traditions known to the world.”
“The symbolic expression of this cultural unity of the West, encompassing both Latins and Germans — a unity that in the Middle Ages was still compact and powerful — was Rome: Rome, both as the religious center of the Catholic Church and as the seat of the greatest cultural traditions known to the world.”
He floated the idea of restricting the use of Telegram in Ukraine and Russia, a suggestion that was met with fierce opposition from users. Shortly after, Durov backed off the idea. Pavel Durov, Telegram's CEO, is known as "the Russian Mark Zuckerberg," for co-founding VKontakte, which is Russian for "in touch," a Facebook imitator that became the country's most popular social networking site. After fleeing Russia, the brothers founded Telegram as a way to communicate outside the Kremlin's orbit. They now run it from Dubai, and Pavel Durov says it has more than 500 million monthly active users. Telegram does offer end-to-end encrypted communications through Secret Chats, but this is not the default setting. Standard conversations use the MTProto method, enabling server-client encryption but with them stored on the server for ease-of-access. This makes using Telegram across multiple devices simple, but also means that the regular Telegram chats you’re having with folks are not as secure as you may believe. Ukrainian forces have since put up a strong resistance to the Russian troops amid the war that has left hundreds of Ukrainian civilians, including children, dead, according to the United Nations. Ukrainian and international officials have accused Russia of targeting civilian populations with shelling and bombardments.
from tr
