Федеральный президент Франк-Вальтер Штайнмайер продолжает добрую традицию социал-демократов и не стесняется делиться официальными фотографиями, где он сидит в поезде. Без маски. Пока все остальные граждане, включая детей, принуждены его же правительством не снимать маску на протяжении всей поездки.
Раньше закон был невластен только над монархом, сегодня — над целой кастой демократически избранной элиты. В сущности ничего не поменялось, разве что власть имущие лишились способности стратегически мыслить и видеть дальше своей легислатуры.
Федеральный президент Франк-Вальтер Штайнмайер продолжает добрую традицию социал-демократов и не стесняется делиться официальными фотографиями, где он сидит в поезде. Без маски. Пока все остальные граждане, включая детей, принуждены его же правительством не снимать маску на протяжении всей поездки.
Раньше закон был невластен только над монархом, сегодня — над целой кастой демократически избранной элиты. В сущности ничего не поменялось, разве что власть имущие лишились способности стратегически мыслить и видеть дальше своей легислатуры.
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. On February 27th, Durov posted that Channels were becoming a source of unverified information and that the company lacks the ability to check on their veracity. He urged users to be mistrustful of the things shared on Channels, and initially threatened to block the feature in the countries involved for the length of the war, saying that he didn’t want Telegram to be used to aggravate conflict or incite ethnic hatred. He did, however, walk back this plan when it became clear that they had also become a vital communications tool for Ukrainian officials and citizens to help coordinate their resistance and evacuations. The news also helped traders look past another report showing decades-high inflation and shake off some of the volatility from recent sessions. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' February Consumer Price Index (CPI) this week showed another surge in prices even before Russia escalated its attacks in Ukraine. The headline CPI — soaring 7.9% over last year — underscored the sticky inflationary pressures reverberating across the U.S. economy, with everything from groceries to rents and airline fares getting more expensive for everyday consumers. But the Ukraine Crisis Media Center's Tsekhanovska points out that communications are often down in zones most affected by the war, making this sort of cross-referencing a luxury many cannot afford. Apparently upbeat developments in Russia's discussions with Ukraine helped at least temporarily send investors back into risk assets. Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that there were "certain positive developments" occurring in the talks with Ukraine, according to a transcript of their meeting. Putin added that discussions were happening "almost on a daily basis."
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