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May 28 2025 
Pavel Durov in Conversation with Thor Halvorssen
Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, joins Human Rights Foundation CEO and founder, Thor Halvorssen, in a rare and wide-ranging conversation on digital freedom, state censorship, and the responsibilities of tech creators in the modern world. Durov recounts how Telegram became a lifeline for protest movements from Belarus to Hong Kong and what may be around… Continue reading
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Sep 01 2024 
Xi schools Sullivan; Durov taken hostage
From Trump to Crash Test Dummy, Hegemon’s “policies” have managed quite a feat.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture Foundation.
It must have taken eons of Taoist patience for President Xi Jinping to tell a few self-evident facts of life to a mediocre imperial functionary such as U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.
Xi’s key takeways:
“China is… Continue reading
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Aug 31 2024 
Exposing The West’s Hybrid War Against Telegram
Pavel Durov’s arrest is part of a larger power grab by French President Emmanuel Macron, the EU, and NATO. Pepe Escobar breaks it down for #NewRulesPodcast.
🚨 EXPOSING WEST’S HYBRID WAR AGAINST TELEGRAM Pavel Durov’s arrest is part of a larger power grab by French President Emmanuel Macron, the EU, and NATO. @RealPepeEscobar breaks it down… Continue reading
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Aug 27 2024 
EU to Telegram – We’re Coming to Get You
The Pavel Durov saga is a gift that will keep on giving for a long time to come. This is what hot information war is all about. So let’s attempt to connect several loose ends.
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
A high-level Russian analyst makes the case that Durov’s arrest is connected with “anti-French protests in its… Continue reading
