— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 NEW: Following the assassination of the Russian Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, Dmitry Medvedev said that everything must be done to destroy those who ordered the murder of General Kirillov, which is the military-political leadership of Ukraine.
— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 NEW: Following the assassination of the Russian Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, Dmitry Medvedev said that everything must be done to destroy those who ordered the murder of General Kirillov, which is the military-political leadership of Ukraine.
Either way, Durov says that he withdrew his resignation but that he was ousted from his company anyway. Subsequently, control of the company was reportedly handed to oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Igor Sechin, both allegedly close associates of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. 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. Multiple pro-Kremlin media figures circulated the post's false claims, including prominent Russian journalist Vladimir Soloviev and the state-controlled Russian outlet RT, according to the DFR Lab's report. Perpetrators of such fraud use various marketing techniques to attract subscribers on their social media channels. In 2014, Pavel Durov fled the country after allies of the Kremlin took control of the social networking site most know just as VK. Russia's intelligence agency had asked Durov to turn over the data of anti-Kremlin protesters. Durov refused to do so.
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