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Re:Telegram has raised an initial $850M for its billion-doll... by utellme on Saturday February 17, 2018 @06:20AM (#16400215)
One of the wealthiest russians Roman Abramovich invested about $300M in Telegram.

https://en.crimerussia.com/oligarchs/roman-abramovich-invest...

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Re:Telegram has raised an initial $850M for its billion-doll... by dennisgorelik on Saturday February 17, 2018 @11:03PM (#16404376)
That means that Roman Abramovich is the largest investor in Telegram ($300M is 35% of $850M).
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Re:Telegram has raised an initial $850M for its billion-doll... by utellme on Sunday February 18, 2018 @06:00AM (#16405472)
The only question is - was it business investment followed by will of Abramovich or something else?
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Re:Telegram has raised an initial $850M for its billion-doll... by RomanPushkin on Saturday February 17, 2018 @01:14PM (#16401853)
That's really bad if it's true. When thugs invest in technology there are many other risks besides reputation, trust, etc.
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Re:Telegram has raised an initial $850M for its billion-doll... by utellme on Saturday February 17, 2018 @04:28PM (#16402819)
I don't see any bad consequences of such investing. Russians are famous of their conservative approach, but even conservatives sometimes do efforts.
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