Россию спасет Господь, как спасал уже много раз. Из народа спасение выйдет, из веры и смирения его. Отцы и учители, берегите веру народа, и не мечта сие: поражало меня всю жизнь в великом народе нашем его достоинство благолепное и истинное, сам видел, сам свидетельствовать могу, видел и удивлялся, видел, несмотря даже на смрад грехов и нищий вид народа нашего. Не раболепен он, и это после рабства двух веков. Свободен видом и обращением, но безо всякой обиды. И не мстителен, и не завистлив...
Россию спасет Господь, как спасал уже много раз. Из народа спасение выйдет, из веры и смирения его. Отцы и учители, берегите веру народа, и не мечта сие: поражало меня всю жизнь в великом народе нашем его достоинство благолепное и истинное, сам видел, сам свидетельствовать могу, видел и удивлялся, видел, несмотря даже на смрад грехов и нищий вид народа нашего. Не раболепен он, и это после рабства двух веков. Свободен видом и обращением, но безо всякой обиды. И не мстителен, и не завистлив...
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. 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. 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. Telegram was founded in 2013 by two Russian brothers, Nikolai and Pavel Durov. Since January 2022, the SC has received a total of 47 complaints and enquiries on illegal investment schemes promoted through Telegram. These fraudulent schemes offer non-existent investment opportunities, promising very attractive and risk-free returns within a short span of time. They commonly offer unrealistic returns of as high as 1,000% within 24 hours or even within a few hours.
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