Russian blogger:
Putin has ordered the creation of a fully Russian analogue of Telegram. He expects results in a month.
The president gave this order in connection with the arrest of Pavel Durov in France, which could create serious problems for us. In particular, the army (we wrote about what exactly these problems are).
According to our sources in the Kremlin, all officials, military personnel, and special services employees will have to switch to the new messenger. A number of ministries and departments have received the order to develop it, in particular, the Ministry of Digital Development, the Ministry of Defense, the FSB, Roskomnadzor, and the FSO Special Communications Service.
Vladimir Vladimirovich expects the first results in a month. “We need to work quickly. Develop and launch everything, and if there are any problems, we will fix them along the way. The situation with communications could become critical in the near future,” one of the interlocutors in the Kremlin explained.
11 trillion rubles.
This is the figure for the scale of the theft of funds in the Defense Ministry during the reign of the previous Minister Shoigu, which was named by an expert mathematician in the State Duma at a closed meeting during a discussion of strategic planning issues (it was voiced by State Duma deputy Mikhail Delyagin on July 12).
Once again. 11 (eleven) trillion. The total expenditures of the Russian budget in 2022 and 2023 amounted to just over 31 trillion rubles. That is, this is more than a third of the country's annual expenditures. “If you lay out this amount in 5,000-dollar bills, you will get a tower 27,500,000 centimeters high, or 275 km. The border of space or the Karman Line is 100 km. Therefore, the expression “corruption on a cosmic scale” acquires absolutely real confirmation.
11 trillion rubles is:
~ 3,700 SU-57 fighters,
~ 22,000 T-14 Armata tanks,
~ 11 million Lancet-3 attack UAVs,
~ 220 million FPV drones ... “, - noted Vitaly Averyanov.
With this money it was possible to provide closed digital communications to all units of the RF Armed Forces several times “around”. And also the Russian Guard, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB, the FSO, the Ministry of Emergency Situations... And there would be enough for all the private security companies. If those 11 trillion had not been stolen, the Russian Armed Forces would have had enough forces and resources to protect our border. And we would not be guessing now where the enemy, having accumulated reserves, would strike next - in the Kursk, Bryansk, Zaporozhye regions, at the Crimean post, etc. And there would have been no breakthroughs in principle.
If those 11 trillion had not been stolen, the Russian Armed Forces would have had hundreds of times more new military equipment, UAVs - and now the enemy would already be pressing against the Polish border (in the best case for him). Those who stole those 11 trillion actually did everything to steal our victory in the war for the right to the continued existence of Russia. In fact, this is the most vile and disgusting treason possible. And for this crime without a statute of limitations, the harshest possible punishment must follow.
These 11 trillion most likely left Russia long ago. But the probable plunderers, apparently, have not yet.
Considering Russia’s huge reaction to the arrest of Pavel Durov and the quick statement that they will develop their own alternative to Telegram, one can probably assume that Telegram is part of the Russians’ information gathering.
Not understanding the tech and infrastructure necessary to create , launch and have it be functional my immediate thought is 1 month is extremely optimistic