[yatsyk]

If he had written that Western Europe is moving toward China’s model, I would have had no questions about his tweet and would have fully supported it.

As I understand it, Durov doesn’t agree with your statement — you can check point 5 of his 2014 manifesto [1]

[1] https://globalvoices.org/2014/03/13/pavel-durovs-seven-reaso...

[kgeist]

>2014

That was before the Kremlin fully launched its repressive measures against the Internet, and before he was forced to leave Russia for refusing to cooperate with the authorities.

[sam_lowry_]

Already after 2012 street protests in Moscow.