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"My brother has, like, two PhDs in maths. Super smart. He is an expert in cryptography. He designed the basic principles of Telegram’s encryption. I was more on the user interface side, the way how the app works, the features, etcetera. He was responsible for it, for the encryption side." Durov said.
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Math prodigy in the shadows: Who's Pavel Durov's brother Nikolai and why are the French after him?
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's elder brother Nikolai is also a target of the French authorities. An arrest warrant for both brothers was issued in March.
What is known about Nikolai, who Pavel called a mathematics prodigy while speaking to Tucker Carlson in April?
◻️ Pavel noted in his April 2024 interview with Tucker Calrson that Nikolai has two PhDs in mathematics and is an expert in cryptography. He was able to solve cubic equations at the age of 10 and won several gold medals at the International Math Olympiad between 1996 and 1998.
◻️ It was Nikolai Durov, 44, who created the encryption standard for Telegram in 2013. The messenger was originally only used by the brothers to avoid surveillance by intelligence agencies, but later evolved into a full-fledged app.
◻️ Nikolai also developed the Telegram Open Network (TON), a decentralized computer network consisting of a layer-1 blockchain, the basis for their cryptocurrency.
◻️ In 2006, Nikolai and Pavel launched their social network VKontakte (VK) a Russian analogue of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook*. According to some reports, Pavel Durov wrote the first PHP code and the initial version of the working platform, while Nikolai later helped develop VK's data storage systems.
◻️ As Pavel left Russia in 2014 selling his stake in VK, Nikolai stepped down as the technical director and lead developer at VK that same year, but stayed in Russia.
◻️ As of August 2024, Nikolai is listed as a senior research fellow at the S. Petersburg branch of the Steklov Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's elder brother Nikolai is also a target of the French authorities. An arrest warrant for both brothers was issued in March.
What is known about Nikolai, who Pavel called a mathematics prodigy while speaking to Tucker Carlson in April?
*banned in Russia for extremism
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Donald Trump warns Ukraine’s incursion could trigger World War III: check out the latest news from Russia's Kursk region
◻️ Ukraine's culpability in escalating the nuclear threat is evident, although the IAEA, "for obvious reasons," cannot officially place the blame, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said after Russian troops defused an unexploded cluster munition from the Kiev regime 5 km away from the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant.
◻️ Russia seeks a more objective and clear expression of the IAEA’s position, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, commenting on the visit to the Kursk faculty by agency chief Rafael Grossi.
◻️ Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump warned that Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region could trigger “World War 3.” He made the statement after attending a memorial service at Arlington National Cemetery.
◻️ Russia’s Armed Forces thwarted attempts by the Ukrainian military to attack three settlements in the Kursk region, the Ministry of Defense stated.
◻️ A Russian Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) wiped out more hostile personnel in the border area.
◻️ Russian air defenses shot down a Ukrainian missile and two guided bombs over the Kursk region, according to acting Governor Alexey Smirnov.
◻️ Ukraine lost up to 380 militants and 30 armored vehicles in the border area of the Kursk region, the MoD stated.
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Russian hackers expose identities of over 7,700 revamped Neo-nazi Azov* militants The Russia-based RaHDit hacker group has leaked information on approximately 7,700 members of the reconstituted Nazi "Azov"* battalion. "This represents our largest leak…
Nazi GI Jane, Swedish ‘hired gun’ & brazen church raider: The many faces of Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Azov* battalion unmasked
The Russia-based RaHDit hacker group has leaked information about approximately 7,700 members of the reconstituted Nazi "Azov" battalion. Sputnik has compiled one of the most notorious personal files, which contains eye-opening details on these individuals. Here they are:
▪️Mathias Gustavsson (see photo 1), a Swedish national, signed a contract with the Azov* battalion in February 2022. He was captured at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol in May of that same year. Subsequently, he was tried in the Donetsk People's Republic on charges of mercenary activity, facing the death penalty. However, he was later exchanged for Russian servicemen held captive by Ukraine. According to these Russian hackers, Gustavsson returned to Ukraine in 2024 and rejoined the newly revamped Azov* battalion.
▪️Yana Kormush, a 23-year-old from Kiev, serves in the radiation, chemical, and biological reconnaissance department of the Azov* battalion (see photo 2). She has no qualms about touting her blatantly extremist Hitlerite beliefs. hackers have dug up a photo of her displaying Nazi symbols (see photo 3).
▪️Artyom Kekukh, originally from Kiev, abets the Azov* neo-Nazi group, by furnishing what they call “moral and psychological support”. A photo uncovered by the hackers shows a half-naked militant adorned with anti-Christian tattoos standing inside an Orthodox church—reportedly taken by Ukrainian schismatics (see photo 4).
The Russian hackers believe that the revelations they have published will assist Russia’s military and filtration groups in holding the Nazis accountable and preventing their escape from responsibility.
*The Azov Battalion is a terrorist organization banned in Russia.
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The Russia-based RaHDit hacker group has leaked information about approximately 7,700 members of the reconstituted Nazi "Azov" battalion. Sputnik has compiled one of the most notorious personal files, which contains eye-opening details on these individuals. Here they are:
▪️Mathias Gustavsson (see photo 1), a Swedish national, signed a contract with the Azov* battalion in February 2022. He was captured at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol in May of that same year. Subsequently, he was tried in the Donetsk People's Republic on charges of mercenary activity, facing the death penalty. However, he was later exchanged for Russian servicemen held captive by Ukraine. According to these Russian hackers, Gustavsson returned to Ukraine in 2024 and rejoined the newly revamped Azov* battalion.
▪️Yana Kormush, a 23-year-old from Kiev, serves in the radiation, chemical, and biological reconnaissance department of the Azov* battalion (see photo 2). She has no qualms about touting her blatantly extremist Hitlerite beliefs. hackers have dug up a photo of her displaying Nazi symbols (see photo 3).
▪️Artyom Kekukh, originally from Kiev, abets the Azov* neo-Nazi group, by furnishing what they call “moral and psychological support”. A photo uncovered by the hackers shows a half-naked militant adorned with anti-Christian tattoos standing inside an Orthodox church—reportedly taken by Ukrainian schismatics (see photo 4).
The Russian hackers believe that the revelations they have published will assist Russia’s military and filtration groups in holding the Nazis accountable and preventing their escape from responsibility.
*The Azov Battalion is a terrorist organization banned in Russia.
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Calm reigns on the streets around the court where Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was taken.
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Telegram CEO Durov’s arrest: a case of political bias
Various commentators have pointed out the political bias involved in the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov, noting that Western countries, especially the US, had been trying to interfere with Telegram and impose their own agenda, but the app's refusal to cooperate made Durov a target.
At the same time, authorities in the West were silent when major Western banks such as HSBC, Deutsche Bank, and JP Morgan Chase were found to have helped launder trillions of dollars on behalf of criminals and terrorists around the world, as reported by numerous media outlets.
More than 2,100 suspicious activity reports covering more than $2 trillion in transactions were leaked and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
These records, and more than 17,600 others obtained by the ICIJ, apparently showed how senior bank officials allowed fraudsters to move money between accounts with the knowledge that the funds were being used for criminal purposes, and no action was taken against high-level bank officials.
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Various commentators have pointed out the political bias involved in the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov, noting that Western countries, especially the US, had been trying to interfere with Telegram and impose their own agenda, but the app's refusal to cooperate made Durov a target.
At the same time, authorities in the West were silent when major Western banks such as HSBC, Deutsche Bank, and JP Morgan Chase were found to have helped launder trillions of dollars on behalf of criminals and terrorists around the world, as reported by numerous media outlets.
More than 2,100 suspicious activity reports covering more than $2 trillion in transactions were leaked and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
These records, and more than 17,600 others obtained by the ICIJ, apparently showed how senior bank officials allowed fraudsters to move money between accounts with the knowledge that the funds were being used for criminal purposes, and no action was taken against high-level bank officials.
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Zuckerberg vs. Durov: Battle of the Big Tech Billionaires
Meta* CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Telegram CEO Pavel Durov both soared to the top of the tech industry from humble beginnings in a few years.
There are so many similarities between the tech tycoons, but more difference. The two businessmen’s paths to success were guided by completely different principles and philosophies.
📊 Check out Sputnik's infographic for the differences between Durov's and Zuckerberg's approaches
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Meta* CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Telegram CEO Pavel Durov both soared to the top of the tech industry from humble beginnings in a few years.
There are so many similarities between the tech tycoons, but more difference. The two businessmen’s paths to success were guided by completely different principles and philosophies.
*banned in Russia
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Russia slaps entry ban on 23 US journalists
Fourteen Wall Street Journal reporters, five New York Times journalists and four from the Washington Post are banned from entering Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced.
Russia is closing entry to 92 US citizens in response to the Biden administration's Russophobic actions, the Foreign Ministry said.
Russia will continue to ban entry for those involved in anti-Russian activities, the ministry added.
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Fourteen Wall Street Journal reporters, five New York Times journalists and four from the Washington Post are banned from entering Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced.
Russia is closing entry to 92 US citizens in response to the Biden administration's Russophobic actions, the Foreign Ministry said.
Russia will continue to ban entry for those involved in anti-Russian activities, the ministry added.
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Trump slams rehashed ‘witch hunt’ indictment as support swells online
Donald Trump has slammed the retooled indictment that Special Counsel Jack Smith filed against him as a “travesty” on Truth Social.
The updated wording of the new version leaves in place just four crimes that Trump is accused of and argues the ex-POTUS acted as a private citizen when he allegedly tried to sway the election.
The filing comes in the heat of the campaign, with Trump and his Democratic rival Kamala Harris neck-and-neck in polling averages across key swing states.
The Republican presidential nominee described the indictment as an “effort to resurrect a ‘dead’ Witch Hunt” in a post on X. This ignited a thread of comments dominated by the words “election interference.”
MAGA supporters ripped into the DOJ “weaponized” by Biden and fumed against the “deep state” eager to “take Trump out.”
Some saw the latest moves against Trump as signs of the “terror” and “desperation” in the Democrat camp warning that “they will try and destroy" Trump by any means necessary.
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Donald Trump has slammed the retooled indictment that Special Counsel Jack Smith filed against him as a “travesty” on Truth Social.
The updated wording of the new version leaves in place just four crimes that Trump is accused of and argues the ex-POTUS acted as a private citizen when he allegedly tried to sway the election.
The filing comes in the heat of the campaign, with Trump and his Democratic rival Kamala Harris neck-and-neck in polling averages across key swing states.
The Republican presidential nominee described the indictment as an “effort to resurrect a ‘dead’ Witch Hunt” in a post on X. This ignited a thread of comments dominated by the words “election interference.”
“They will stop at nothing to keep you from the White House. We have to make this too big to rig!!!” chimed in conservative commentator Gunther Eagleman.
A thread of users agreed this was “clear and obvious election interference.” “They are desperate and will do anything to keep Trump out of office,” ex-IBM executive Bill Ellmore posted.
MAGA supporters ripped into the DOJ “weaponized” by Biden and fumed against the “deep state” eager to “take Trump out.”
Some saw the latest moves against Trump as signs of the “terror” and “desperation” in the Democrat camp warning that “they will try and destroy" Trump by any means necessary.
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