Russian winter is a season of magic, defined by its enduring symbols — frost-kissed trees, sparkling lights, and heartwarming New Year’s films that inspire belief in miracles, among others. Ready to immerse yourself in its charm?
✅Tell us in the comments: which Russian New Year and Christmas traditions do you know?
Russian winter is a season of magic, defined by its enduring symbols — frost-kissed trees, sparkling lights, and heartwarming New Year’s films that inspire belief in miracles, among others. Ready to immerse yourself in its charm?
✅Tell us in the comments: which Russian New Year and Christmas traditions do you know?
In 2014, Pavel Durov fled the country after allies of the Kremlin took control of the social networking site most know just as VK. Russia's intelligence agency had asked Durov to turn over the data of anti-Kremlin protesters. Durov refused to do so. The perpetrators use various names to carry out the investment scams. They may also impersonate or clone licensed capital market intermediaries by using the names, logos, credentials, websites and other details of the legitimate entities to promote the illegal schemes. Although some channels have been removed, the curation process is considered opaque and insufficient by analysts. "Someone posing as a Ukrainian citizen just joins the chat and starts spreading misinformation, or gathers data, like the location of shelters," Tsekhanovska said, noting how false messages have urged Ukrainians to turn off their phones at a specific time of night, citing cybersafety. 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.
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