«В подвале говорили, что вы за люди, раз не идёте воевать за родину? Я думаю, если бы ко мне домой пришли враги, я бы взял в руки автомат, это не вопрос. А здесь чужая страна, чужая земля, чужие люди. Воюем непонятно за что. Ну что это такое? Это не моё. Я не готов к этому»,
«В подвале говорили, что вы за люди, раз не идёте воевать за родину? Я думаю, если бы ко мне домой пришли враги, я бы взял в руки автомат, это не вопрос. А здесь чужая страна, чужая земля, чужие люди. Воюем непонятно за что. Ну что это такое? Это не моё. Я не готов к этому»,
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. The next bit isn’t clear, but Durov reportedly claimed that his resignation, dated March 21st, was an April Fools’ prank. TechCrunch implies that it was a matter of principle, but it’s hard to be clear on the wheres, whos and whys. Similarly, on April 17th, the Moscow Times quoted Durov as saying that he quit the company after being pressured to reveal account details about Ukrainians protesting the then-president Viktor Yanukovych. I want a secure messaging app, should I use Telegram? Pavel Durov, a billionaire who embraces an all-black wardrobe and is often compared to the character Neo from "the Matrix," funds Telegram through his personal wealth and debt financing. And despite being one of the world's most popular tech companies, Telegram reportedly has only about 30 employees who defer to Durov for most major decisions about the platform. Pavel Durov, Telegram's CEO, is known as "the Russian Mark Zuckerberg," for co-founding VKontakte, which is Russian for "in touch," a Facebook imitator that became the country's most popular social networking site.
from vn
