The Daily Guardian (India) != The Guardian (UK)
This article is from the Daily Guardian (India), which is not a reputable source.
France just lost $10-20B over the arrest of Pavel Durov.
Justice being independent is key to a sane democracy, valuing money over justice is not the take you think it is
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realpolitik
The only other similar jet might be the Gripen.
International Law = game theory
That's not what 'suspended' means.
UAE would not protect an ordinary citizen like this.
it's also weird that uae, russia and others rely so much on this tech, esp given that it's probably compromised (both at central level and in individual conversations and groups level) (and private key encryption is moot in the latter case) and how easy it would be to develop a homegrown secure alternative
Because they're not gonna use american alternatives and Russia is playing politics while UAE provided refuge to Pavel Durov when he fled from Russia.
In fact, Russia has tried to ban Telegram in the past but accidentally ended up nuking the country's internet instead. Since then, they've lifted the ban since most people in Russia and neighbouring countries use this app.
It's also used widely in Iran and countries where there's government oppression.
How did it get to position #1 on the front page after 13 minutes and an apparently miniscule number of votes though?