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2024-08-28 Europe
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Note on Durov from the channel 'Especially for RT'.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Text taken from a V Kontakte post from Reports from the Novorossiya militia, authored by by Russian political scientist Vladimir Kornilov.
[VK] Notable articles are now coming out in the West about the arrest of Pavel Durov. They are trying to explain to Western readers who he is and what Telegram is. And it is clear how the authors of these opuses are trying to "cross a hedgehog with a snake", explaining why in some parts of the world Durov's brainchild is a "criminal instrument", and in others - a "torch of freedom and justice".
For example, Le Figaro publishes an article in which it reminds the French audience that Telegram is actively used not only by "patriots of Russia" (this, apparently, should seem like a dirty word), but also by the Russian opposition. In particular, the newspaper recalls the role that propaganda Telegram channels played in the attempt to overthrow the legitimate government in Belarus in 2020. There is obvious regret expressed about the prospect of losing such an instrument of influence in “totalitarian” societies.
Western journalist Natalia Vasilyeva, who worked for a long time as a special correspondent for the Associated Press in Moscow and is now based in Istanbul, has now introduced Durov as almost “the chief of communications of the Russian army.” And just a few years ago, she published such touching reports about the fight “for freedom of the Internet” in Russia, commenting on rallies in defense of the same Durov.
The lamentations of the fugitive Russian liberals are especially funny. University of Chicago lecturer Konstantin Sonin* also tries to present Telegram as almost the main means of communication for the Russian army, but then says that “many oppositionists and opinion leaders are puzzled by Durov’s arrest today: Telegram was their main platform for disseminating their messages.” The dilemma, however, is for our liberals. That is, they would be happy to put a noose on freedom of speech in Russia, but they act according to the principle “Why us?”
The same is said in a column published today in the British newspaper The Times. The author, well-known columnist and radio host Hugo Rifkind, explaining to readers what Telegram is, writes (hold on now): “It’s a social network with almost a billion regular users around the world, and you’re probably not one of them. That’s because you don’t live in a repressive state that regularly restricts more common forms of communication. Also, you are probably not a criminal, a child rapist, or a paranoid political extremist."
And here Rifkind writes about the same dilemma: in countries "with pernicious regimes," Telegram is a great tool for delivering the "right" (from the West's point of view, of course) messages. But is it worth putting up with the fact that in the West it is used for the "wrong" actions?
What do all these publications and the emotional turmoil of Western propagandists mean? In essence, they are directly calling for Durov to be slapped on the wrist by completely banning Telegram in the territory of "democracies." Why, really, if there are enough more elite-controlled means of communication there? But in "totalitarian" states, it is necessary to continue "sowing democracy," of course, having strictly cleansed the information space of "wrong opinions."
In other words, the authors of the publications are essentially proposing to turn the platform into something like the Voice of America** of the Cold War era, when this propaganda structure carried the "only correct opinion" behind the Iron Curtain, to the countries of the Soviet bloc, but had no right to broadcast in America itself - this opinion was considered harmful there. It looks like this is the scenario that will be offered to Durov.
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