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Face-swapping app Reface pulls out of Russia after users reject anti-war campaign
While mainstream social networks like Facebook and Instagram have had their services blocked by state authorities in Russia in recent days, as the Kremlin seeks total control of the narrative…
Mail.ru Takes Over ‘Russia’s Facebook’ Vkontake In $1.47B Deal, Settles Durov Suit
Some big shareholder shifts at Vkontake, the social network with 92 million monthly active users that’s often described as Russia’s Facebook and has been embroiled in political controversies that resulted in the ousting…
Durov, Out For Good From VK.com, Plans A Mobile Social Network Outside Russia
In the drawn-out game of will-he, won’t-he, Pavel Durov, the founder of VKontakte.com, Russia’s top social network with over 100 million users, is now out for good from the company with…
VK.com Founder Durov Backtracks On His Resignation, Now Back At The Helm As CEO
On April 1, Pavel Durov stepped down from his role as CEO of VKontakte, the popular Russian social networking site that he founded, and known as the “Facebook of Russia.”…
Pavel Durov Resigns As Head Of Russian Social Network VK.com, Ukraine Conflict Was The Tipping Point
Pavel Durov, the founder of VKontakte.com, has announced on his VK.com page that he has stepped down as the head of the social network — Russia’s largest, with over 100 million users –…
End Of An Era As VKontakte Founder Durov Sells His Stake To Russian Mobile Giant
Pavel Durov, the elusive founder of VKontakt (VK), at 100 million users Russia’s biggest social network, has confirmed that he has sold his 12 percent stake stake to Ivan Tavrin,…
Nine Music Labels Plan To Sue Vkontakte, The Facebook Of Russia, Over 6,000 Illegal Tracks
Vkontakte, a social networking site known as the “Facebook of Russia”, is facing legal action from nine music labels including EMI, Sony and Warner over what they claim is the…
Russian search giant Yandex partners with local Facebook-clone VKontakte
Yandex, the Russian juggernaut of a search engine that is thought to be considering an IPO for up to $1.5 billion, has partnered with VKontakte, which is the largest social…
Russian Search Giant Yandex Partners With Local Facebook-clone VKontakte
Yandex, the Russian juggernaut of a search engine that is thought to be considering an IPO for up to $1.5 billion, has partnered with VKontakte, which is the largest social…
Facebook Investor Bets On Two Horses As Vkontakte.ru Plans To Go Global
Russian social network Vkontakte.ru, notoriously heavily ‘inspired’ by Facebook’s design, business model and features, is plotting an international roll-out according to daily business newspaper Vedomosti (Google translation). The report mentions…
Worldwide, Russians Spend Most Time On Social Networks (comScore)
comScore has aggregated some data based on its World Metrix audience measurement service and put together a study on social networking worldwide. Surprisingly, it appears that the Russians are more…
Modeling The True Value Of Social Networks: 2009 Edition
A year ago we modeled out the true value of various social networks based on the idea that users in high-value online advertising markets like Japan, the UK and the…
Modeling The Real Market Value Of Social Networks
Is MySpace worth $3 billion, or $20 billion? It depends on how you value a user. It’s time to start comparing the big global social networks on something other than…