{
 "meta": {
  "dataset": "Subscriber history — @RussiaDirect",
  "channel": "https://tgregister.com/channel/RussiaDirect",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-08-17T20:27:31.621Z",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0 — attribute to tgregister.com",
  "n_readings": 11,
  "window": {
   "from": "2026-08-06T12:01:10.869Z",
   "to": "2026-08-17T09:55:43.422Z"
  },
  "columns": {
   "ts": "when this reading was taken, UTC",
   "subscribers": "the count read (or, for source 3, carried over) — see source below",
   "source": {
    "0": "sweep.py — t.me/<name> profile page",
    "1": "promote.py — Bot API getChat",
    "2": "resolve.py — MTProto",
    "3": "spromote.py — t.me/s/<name> post preview (figure carried over from an earlier profile read, not the preview’s own rounded header)",
    "4": "remeasure.py — t.me/<name> profile page, re-read on a schedule"
   }
  },
  "note": "Snapshots are written only when a reading changes: a gap in ts means \"no change observed between readings\", never \"not measured\" and never \"interpolated\". Readings from different sources are separate lineages that do not confirm one another — subtracting across them can attribute a change to a period nothing was actually read in. Full method: https://tgregister.com/methodology#measuring"
 },
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   "ts": "2026-08-06T12:01:10.869Z",
   "subscribers": 13692,
   "source": 3
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-07T03:00:25.583Z",
   "subscribers": 13686,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-08T00:11:36.024Z",
   "subscribers": 13677,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-08T21:57:48.217Z",
   "subscribers": 13668,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-10T00:31:25.968Z",
   "subscribers": 13661,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-11T01:02:37.231Z",
   "subscribers": 13659,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-12T02:32:18.232Z",
   "subscribers": 13657,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-13T03:35:28.173Z",
   "subscribers": 13655,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-14T07:45:43.405Z",
   "subscribers": 13644,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-15T18:58:49.607Z",
   "subscribers": 13635,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-17T09:55:43.422Z",
   "subscribers": 13623,
   "source": 4
  }
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}