Internet company increased its quarterly revenue to 13.24 billion rubles.
Petersburg Police suggests that 6000 residents were subjected to blackmail this spring in the social network. The victims are threatened to have their intimate life details disclosed if they don't pay with sex services.
The creator of VKontakte paid $ 250 thousand to obtain the passport of a small island in the Caribbean Sea. And immediately after his departure from Russia, he went to the United Arab Emirates.
The founder of "VKontakte" Pavel Durov, who was dismissed from the post of director general of the social network on Monday and is currently abroad, "has not plans" to Russia. He said that to portal Techcrunch.com
Pavel Durov' dreams of maintaining control over the company he founded never came true. What part of the blame for this lies on the founder of VKontakte?
On Tuesday, March 18 Mail.ru Group announced the acquisition of 11.99% shares of "VKontakte", officially becoming the owner of 51.99% controlling stake in the major Russian social network.
The founder of Russia's largest social network VKontakte Pavel Durov sold his stake (12%) to CEO of MegaFon nd co-owner of YuTV holding Ivan Tavrin (no.200 in the ranking of 200 richest businessmen of Russia, according to Forbes, with the fortune of $ 0.5 billion).