Pavel Durov is a prisoner of geopolitical tensions. The fragmentation of the world is accelerating, making bitcoin's business a success.
80 gusts in the balance?
Rumor has it that the United Arab Emirates would be ready to suspend its purchases of fighter jets from the French Dassault if Emmanuel Macron does not listen to reason and release Pavel Durov. In any case, this is information circulating on Twitter:
Tremplin.io was unable to find the video on the official Al Jazeera website, so it is likely fake news. However, it is not impossible that the Emirates issued this warning in a roundabout way on purpose.
In any case, since Pavel Durov has an Emirati passport in addition to Russian and French passports, Dubai has stepped up to the plate. The petromonarchy is asking France to immediately provide “all consular services” to Mr. Durov, warning that the protection of its citizens is a “top priority”.
Who is Pavel Durov? The founder of one of the largest messaging apps in the world: Telegram (nearly a billion users).
Why was he arrested? For refusing to cooperate with any government, including Russia. The exact opposite of Facebook, which actively collaborates with the US government.
Why now? His arrest had been planned for a long time. For “several months” according to the media. Politico.
The reason being that Telegram is the primary source of first-hand information about the wars in Ukraine as well as Palestine. The CIA and Mossad intend to pressure to remove certain Telegram groups or obtain encryption keys.
On that note, conversations are not end-to-end encrypted by default. In other words, Telegram can technically access conversations that are not in “secret” mode.
Who controls the media controls the minds
There is no doubt that Pavel Durov is a geopolitical hostage. The aim is to suppress first-hand information from Donbass and Gaza. This arrest does not bode well for peace.
In this regard, the Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces declared on Tuesday that it is necessary “preparing for very hard, if not very hard, times for the West.”
“We are resolutely entering a new era where the West is being challenged […] and the extremely strong fragmentation of the international order”the general said Thierry Burkhard in front of the heads of Medef and ten major French groups.
This international order “was founded on law, built by the Western world and we are criticized for having built it for the Western world”he added, warning that a “alternative order” is taking shape and that he wants to “push us out”. “Let's not believe that we are going to return to the world before. What is being put in place, we are going to have to live with.”
This alternative order, whose name the general does not say, is called the BRICS, which the United Arab Emirates joined at the beginning of the year. Hence his activism vis-à-vis Durov.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also was quick to request a meeting with Pavel Durov.
“Relations between Moscow and Paris are at their lowest, particularly because of the position adopted by Paris on the issues of freedom of expression and information […] »he said.
The minister said that Mr Durov's detention proves that the Telegram platform is a messaging application. “truly protected”.
Information warfare
Media tycoon Konstantin Malofeev also reacted extremely frankly:
“Pavel Durov has repeatedly declared his independence and his refusal to cooperate with the secret services.
But in the 21st century of totalitarian liberalism, it is impossible to live without being an agent of Western intelligence agencies.
Only startupers recruited by the CIA or the NSA as students – like Zuckerberg, or Brin and Page – can claim to be multi-billionaire visionaries.
Durov refused to cooperate with the FSB and got away with it. But his refusal to cooperate with the Americans led to his arrest in France. Today, he has two options:
Refuse to work for the CIA and spend many years in prison. Or accept. Then he will be released, but he will no longer be free.”
The world is becoming increasingly fragmented, both informationally and monetary. And it is difficult to see how confidence could return after such bloodshed.
In this regard, let us recall that Russia will host the BRICS summit in Kazan in October. It is rumored that Palestine will submit its candidacy. Clearly, the world is rapidly dividing into two irreconcilable camps. Frightening… All the more so since Russia has just modified its nuclear doctrine, yet another warning shot.
BRICS wants to enter a new era characterized by the de-dollarization of world trade. The Empire seems ready to start a world war to prevent it, but again, there will be no turning back… According to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Ryabkovan alternative to the Western payment system SWIFT could be unveiled at the summit.
Let us conclude by emphasizing that Russia will launch a platform on September 1st that will allow large Russian companies to pay for their exports and imports in bitcoin. In a fragmented world, bitcoin is king. It is no coincidence that Donald Trump – who wants to avoid a third world war – has just endorsed bitcoin.
Don’t miss our article to go further: “Russia pleads in New York for end of dollar monopoly.”
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