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A decade of unprofitability hasn't stopped Telegram from growing (www.pravda.com.ua)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it Russian govt funding? I didn't read the article.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Among TON's investors were Russians David Yakobashvili, who invested US$10 million, and oligarch Roman Abramovich.

The SEC found that one of TON's largest investors (US$65.3 million) was Space Investments, a firm associated with Russian Sergei Azatyan's InVenture Partners company.

Russian Forbes noted that the founder of Bank 131, Dmitry Yeremeev, also invested in Telegram.