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bne:TMT Ukraine's leading
independent paper Kyiv Post sold to Syrian businessman
Businessman Mohammad Zahoor has sold the English-language Kyiv Post newspaper to Odesa-based Syrian businessman Adnan Kivan for “more than $3.5mn”, the Kyiv Post reported on March 22.
The sale immediately raised questions about the paper’s independ- ence as Kivan reportedly has close ties to President Petro Poroshen- ko and is also said to have ties to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Whatever the truth of those claims, Kivan has already made it clear there will be editorial changes and that he is keen for the newspaper to “highlight the Syrian problem in Ukraine, which is not very much highlighted,” the Kyiv Post quotes him as saying.
The Kyiv Post, founded in 1995, follows in the tradition of the handful of foreign founded English language press in Eastern Europe with its independent and unbiased reporting mostly produced by a staff of young, talented and fearless reporters.
A Russian court ruled on March 20 that the Telegram messenger service must hand over access to the service within 15 days or face being blocked and fined.
Russia’s Supreme Court rejected Telegram’s plea to overturn a Federal Security Service (FSB) order to hand over encryption keys that would allow the security services to read all messages on the service.
The company’s founder Pavel Durov was defiant and tweeted: "Threats to block Telegram unless it gives up private data of its us- ers won't bear fruit. Telegram will stand for freedom and privacy."
The Russian telecom watchdog Roskomnadzor notified Telegram it had 15 days to comply with Russian legislation.
Swedish Saab and Croatian telecoms equipment manufacturer Ericsson Nikola Tesla (ENT) plan to open a €50mn software centre in Croatia, daily Vecernji reported on March 19.
Croatia has been picked as Saab cannot find enough software spe- cialists in Sweden. Saab plans to implement the Swedish model of a scientific park that should connect scientists, businessmen and government.
According to Saab, this model has been successfully implemented in Sweden where 31 such parks have been created so far.
Russia's Telegram messenger service told to hand encryption codes to FSB
Saab, Ericsson Nikola Tesla to open €50mn software centre in Croatia