«Поговорка есть: русские долго терпят, а потом больно бьют. Примерно так и получилось. Терпели-терпели, пытались договориться, решить всё мирным путём, но не получилось. Как говорит наш президент, если драка неизбежна, нужно бить первым. В этом русле всё и получилось».
«Поговорка есть: русские долго терпят, а потом больно бьют. Примерно так и получилось. Терпели-терпели, пытались договориться, решить всё мирным путём, но не получилось. Как говорит наш президент, если драка неизбежна, нужно бить первым. В этом русле всё и получилось».
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. In a message on his Telegram channel recently recounting the episode, Durov wrote: "I lost my company and my home, but would do it again – without hesitation." Just days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Durov wrote that Telegram was "increasingly becoming a source of unverified information," and he worried about the app being used to "incite ethnic hatred." Stocks closed in the red Friday as investors weighed upbeat remarks from Russian President Vladimir Putin about diplomatic discussions with Ukraine against a weaker-than-expected print on U.S. consumer sentiment.
from vn
