«С 1830 года в Чувашской Республике бушевала эпидемия холеры. В то время подобные болезни назывались поветриями. Согласно местным верованиям, поветрия приносились из других стран ветрами или притекали по воде. Люди считали, что болезни — это злые духи, обитающие в воде, продуктах питания, домашних предметах и одежде, откуда они затем нападали на человека».
«С 1830 года в Чувашской Республике бушевала эпидемия холеры. В то время подобные болезни назывались поветриями. Согласно местным верованиям, поветрия приносились из других стран ветрами или притекали по воде. Люди считали, что болезни — это злые духи, обитающие в воде, продуктах питания, домашних предметах и одежде, откуда они затем нападали на человека».
READ MORE "For Telegram, accountability has always been a problem, which is why it was so popular even before the full-scale war with far-right extremists and terrorists from all over the world," she told AFP from her safe house outside the Ukrainian capital. A Russian Telegram channel with over 700,000 followers is spreading disinformation about Russia's invasion of Ukraine under the guise of providing "objective information" and fact-checking fake news. Its influence extends beyond the platform, with major Russian publications, government officials, and journalists citing the page's posts. 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. Founder Pavel Durov says tech is meant to set you free
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