История Нигерии — это история конфликтов: сначала народов йоруба, игбо и хауса, затем жестокой колонизации под эгидой борьбы с рабством, а во второй половине XX века — кровопролитной гражданской войны. Но именно противоречивое прошлое и не менее сложное настоящее превратили эту африканскую страну в центр культуры. Уже много лет мы читаем нигерийских писателей, они получают Нобелевские премии по литературе, их работы переводят на десятки мировых языков, в том числе русский. Мария Багаева рассказывает для Perito, как переплетаются судьба страны и произведения, написанные нигерийцами.
История Нигерии — это история конфликтов: сначала народов йоруба, игбо и хауса, затем жестокой колонизации под эгидой борьбы с рабством, а во второй половине XX века — кровопролитной гражданской войны. Но именно противоречивое прошлое и не менее сложное настоящее превратили эту африканскую страну в центр культуры. Уже много лет мы читаем нигерийских писателей, они получают Нобелевские премии по литературе, их работы переводят на десятки мировых языков, в том числе русский. Мария Багаева рассказывает для Perito, как переплетаются судьба страны и произведения, написанные нигерийцами.
Markets continued to grapple with the economic and corporate earnings implications relating to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. “We have a ton of uncertainty right now,” said Stephanie Link, chief investment strategist and portfolio manager at Hightower Advisors. “We’re dealing with a war, we’re dealing with inflation. We don’t know what it means to earnings.” Additionally, investors are often instructed to deposit monies into personal bank accounts of individuals who claim to represent a legitimate entity, and/or into an unrelated corporate account. To lend credence and to lure unsuspecting victims, perpetrators usually claim that their entity and/or the investment schemes are approved by financial authorities. Overall, extreme levels of fear in the market seems to have morphed into something more resembling concern. For example, the Cboe Volatility Index fell from its 2022 peak of 36, which it hit Monday, to around 30 on Friday, a sign of easing tensions. Meanwhile, while the price of WTI crude oil slipped from Sunday’s multiyear high $130 of barrel to $109 a pop. Markets have been expecting heavy restrictions on Russian oil, some of which the U.S. has already imposed, and that would reduce the global supply and bring about even more burdensome inflation. Russians and Ukrainians are both prolific users of Telegram. They rely on the app for channels that act as newsfeeds, group chats (both public and private), and one-to-one communication. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Telegram has remained an important lifeline for both Russians and Ukrainians, as a way of staying aware of the latest news and keeping in touch with loved ones. Given the pro-privacy stance of the platform, it’s taken as a given that it’ll be used for a number of reasons, not all of them good. And Telegram has been attached to a fair few scandals related to terrorism, sexual exploitation and crime. Back in 2015, Vox described Telegram as “ISIS’ app of choice,” saying that the platform’s real use is the ability to use channels to distribute material to large groups at once. Telegram has acted to remove public channels affiliated with terrorism, but Pavel Durov reiterated that he had no business snooping on private conversations.
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