«Корпорация СТС», связанная с уральскими бизнесменами Артемом Биковым и Алексеем Бобровым, сменила собственников. Это произошло на фоне происходящей военной спецоперации на Украине и ухудшения международных отношений между Россией и западными странами. Если раньше компанией владели австрийские фирмы, то теперь — российские.
«Корпорация СТС», связанная с уральскими бизнесменами Артемом Биковым и Алексеем Бобровым, сменила собственников. Это произошло на фоне происходящей военной спецоперации на Украине и ухудшения международных отношений между Россией и западными странами. Если раньше компанией владели австрийские фирмы, то теперь — российские.
Russian President Vladimir Putin launched Russia's invasion of Ukraine in the early-morning hours of February 24, targeting several key cities with military strikes. On December 23rd, 2020, Pavel Durov posted to his channel that the company would need to start generating revenue. In early 2021, he added that any advertising on the platform would not use user data for targeting, and that it would be focused on “large one-to-many channels.” He pledged that ads would be “non-intrusive” and that most users would simply not notice any change. READ MORE 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. Telegram was co-founded by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the brothers who had previously created VKontakte. VK is Russia’s equivalent of Facebook, a social network used for public and private messaging, audio and video sharing as well as online gaming. In January, SimpleWeb reported that VK was Russia’s fourth most-visited website, after Yandex, YouTube and Google’s Russian-language homepage. In 2016, Forbes’ Michael Solomon described Pavel Durov (pictured, below) as the “Mark Zuckerberg of Russia.”
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