🇩🇪 Telegram is conducting a survey among German users about whether the messenger app can transfer personal data of users who are suspected of committing serious crimes without trial.

The messenger provided three options:

▪️Personal data of suspects can be transferred only by court order (thus, the privacy policy will remain unchanged);

▪️Personal data of suspects can be given to the police without court decisions;

▪️Telegram should under no circumstances transfer personal data to authorities

Only users who have German SIM cards can take part in the survey.

❗EU to deliver 5.5 million potassium iodide pills to Ukraine to protect against potential radiation exposure, CNN says

▪The pills would be used in “limited scenarios to avoid that inhaled or swallowed radioactive iodine is absorbed by the thyroid,” the European Commission said in a statement;

▪The pills were requested by the Ukrainian government to “increase the level of protection” around the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, according to the European Commission;

▪The Ukrainian Army has shelled the Zaporozhye nuclear plant several times, with Russia calling it an “act of nuclear terrorism”

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‼️ Mikhail Gorbachev Dead at 91 After Being Diagnosed With Serious Illness - Central Clinical Hospital

📸 The former Soviet-era figure served as the first and only president of the Soviet Union, and was hailed as the father of the "perestroika" restructuring system that emerged in 1986 as part of a bid to reform the country. ➡️ PHOTO GALLERY

‼️UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid said he is saddened to learn of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's death

“Saddened to know about the passing away of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet president and Nobel Peace Prize winner (1990) who embarked on a path of radical reform that also brought about the end of the Cold War without bloodshed," Shahid said in a statement.

‼️ Former US Secretary of State Rice says Gorbachev was trying to improve lives of people

‼️ UK Foreign Secretary Truss: Gorbachev contributed to global security and stability

‼️ Schwarzenegger says Gorbachev was his hero & he was lucky to call him friend

‼️ The head of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola said Mikhail Gorbachev's actions inspired hope for a freer world and marked "walls torn down."

"My lasting memory of Mikhail Gorbachev is watching him meet George HW Bush in stormy Malta to signal the end of the Cold War," Metsola wrote. "It inspired hope of a better, freer world. It meant walls torn down & led to Europe's reunification. His legacy will be remembered. May he rest in peace."

⚡️JUST IN | Former Colombian President Santos Calls Gorbachev a Peace Fighter

Former Colombian President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Juan Manuel Santos (2010-2018) expressed his regret over the death of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, saying that the world needs more like him. "Peace fighter Mikhail Gorbachev is gone. The world needs many more such leaders," Santos wrote on his Twitter page.

🔷 MORE | Macron Says Gorbachev's Commitment to Peace in Europe Has Changed History

French President Emmanuel Macron said that Mikhail Gorbachev's commitment to peace in Europe has changed common history.

“My condolences on the death of Mikhail Gorbachev, a man of peace, whose choice opened a path to freedom for Russians. His commitment to peace in Europe has changed our common history,” he wrote on Twitter.

‼️ Senate Foreign Relations Committee Head Menendez says Gorbachev ‘Changed World History’

Mikhail Gorbachev “changed world history” in his role as leader of the Soviet Union by transforming the nation’s relationship with the United States and Europe, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez said in a statement.

“Mikhail Gorbachev changed world history by embracing democracy and a constructive relationship with the US and Europe. I express my condolences to his family and the Russian people,” Menendez said on Tuesday.

🔷 MORE | Ex-US Adviser Bolton says Gorbachev 'Historic Leader,' praises his diplomatic work

Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton paid his respects to former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, describing him as a historic leader who helped shift US-Russia relations during the Cold War.

"Gorbachev was a historic leader and The Cold War reached a definitive turning point when he joined with [George] Bush 41 at the Helsinki Summit in Sept[ember] 1990 to oppose Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait," Bolton wrote via Twitter on Tuesday.

⚡️JUST IN | Henry Kissinger: Many Europeans, Russians, Owe Gorbachev a 'Great Debt of Gratitude'

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, both Russians and Europeans owe Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, a huge debt of gratitude. Kissinger talked to BBC Newsnight and praised Gorbachev's "great service to humanity."

"The people of eastern Europe, and the German people, and in the end the Russian people - all they owe a great debt of gratitude for the inspiration, for the courage, and coming forward with these ideals of freedom," Kissinger said. "And even though he did not prove strong enough to resist depressions that he unleashed, he performed a great service to humanity."