«Он всегда ищет, где бы купить ракеты, — сказал Трамп, когда его спросили о предложении Зеленского [по поводу приобретения систем ПВО Patriot] — Послушайте, когда вы начинаете войну, вы должны знать, что можете её выиграть, верно? Вы не начинаете войну против того, кто в 20 раз больше вас, а потом надеетесь, что вам дадут несколько ракет»
«Он всегда ищет, где бы купить ракеты, — сказал Трамп, когда его спросили о предложении Зеленского [по поводу приобретения систем ПВО Patriot] — Послушайте, когда вы начинаете войну, вы должны знать, что можете её выиграть, верно? Вы не начинаете войну против того, кто в 20 раз больше вас, а потом надеетесь, что вам дадут несколько ракет»
At the start of 2018, the company attempted to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which would enable it to enable payments (and earn the cash that comes from doing so). The initial signals were promising, especially given Telegram’s user base is already fairly crypto-savvy. It raised an initial tranche of cash – worth more than a billion dollars – to help develop the coin before opening sales to the public. Unfortunately, third-party sales of coins bought in those initial fundraising rounds raised the ire of the SEC, which brought the hammer down on the whole operation. In 2020, officials ordered Telegram to pay a fine of $18.5 million and hand back much of the cash that it had raised. Oleksandra Matviichuk, a Kyiv-based lawyer and head of the Center for Civil Liberties, called Durov’s position "very weak," and urged concrete improvements. The Security Service of Ukraine said in a tweet that it was able to effectively target Russian convoys near Kyiv because of messages sent to an official Telegram bot account called "STOP Russian War." "Markets were cheering this economic recovery and return to strong economic growth, but the cheers will turn to tears if the inflation outbreak pushes businesses and consumers to the brink of recession," he added. In February 2014, the Ukrainian people ousted pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych, prompting Russia to invade and annex the Crimean peninsula. By the start of April, Pavel Durov had given his notice, with TechCrunch saying at the time that the CEO had resisted pressure to suppress pages criticizing the Russian government.
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