From: anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com   
      
   D. Ray (Unicode punctuation removoed):   
      
   > > Telegram's point-to-point chats are not so open, and the   
   > > Russian military have no secure messenger of their own.   
   >   
   > I find it hard to believe. Basic messenger is not that   
   > hard to create, and adding encryption functionality based   
   > on, for example, PGP, is also not that hard.   
      
   It is not a case of tried-and-failed.  It is a case of   
   corruption and buereaucracy run amok, to the the degree of   
   state treason.  The Russian army lacks such basic things as   
   cable and field telephones, camouflage networks, and even   
   boxes for MG belts.  Volunteers develop, produce, and supply   
   all those, in direly insufficient quantities however...   
      
   > Military wouldn't need most of functionality of modern   
   > messengers, such as animated stickers or stories.   
      
   Normal civil users wouldn't need them either, but who cares?   
   They used to say about the classic free market that demand   
   determined supply.  Now supply determines demand, because   
   the suppliers manipulate the consumers.   
      
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