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That's a nice cover story, but Telegram had operated for years from the same Singer House in Saint Petersburg where VK headquarters are situated. Russian Direc
by throwaway74354 2y ago
That's a nice cover story, but Telegram had operated for years from the same Singer House in Saint Petersburg where VK headquarters are situated.
Russian Direct Investment Fund had invested in Telegram. Nikolai Durov works at Russian Academy of Sciences.
As of 2024, Russia-the-state has no problems with either Pavel Durov or Telegram. That's suspicious to say the least.
- petre 2y ago> As of 2024, Russia-the-state has no problems with either Pavel Durov or Telegram They only tried to ban it in 2018 and gave up in 2020 after failing to do so without cutting off access to other Internet services. The last time they blocked access to it was quite recently, on 21 August, after the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk oblast. https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-21-2024-0 https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-...
- 331c8c71 2y ago> from the same Singer House in Saint Petersburg where VK headquarters are situated. And so? Durov happens to be the founder of VK...
- throwaway74354 2y agoTelegram was using Singer House office long after VK had been sold. He definitely didn't "flee Russia". Durov family and close-to-the-oligarchs-and/or-siloviki parts of the Russian elites had parted ways on good terms.