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VK, known as Mail.ru Group until 12 October 2021, is a Russian technology company. It started in 1998 as the parent company of Mail.ru , an e-mail service and went on to become a major corporate figure in the Russian-speaking segment of the Internet .
Durov then claimed Vladimir Putin's allies had, in effect, taken over the company, [42] [44] [63] and suggested his ousting was the result of his refusal to hand over personal details of users to the Russian Federal Security Service and his refusal to shut down a VK group dedicated to anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny.
The new project was incorporated on 19 January 2007 as a Russian private limited company. The user base reached 1 million in July 2007, and 10 million in April 2008. In December 2008 VK overtook rival Odnoklassniki as Russia's most popular social networking service. [25] The company grew to a value of US$3 billion. [26]
Vladimir Sergeevich Kiriyenko (Russian: Владимир Сергеевич Кириенко; born 27 May 1983) is a Russian business executive and media manager who is the CEO of VK, a popular Russian social networking service.
David "Axel" Neff is an American businessman, best known for his role as the former Director of International Operations [1] of the Russian social network Vkontakte [2] and as a co-founder of mobile messaging platform Digital Fortress, used to create the instant messaging application Telegram Messenger.
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VK (company), a Russian internet company VK (service), a Russian social network; VK Mobile, a Korean mobile phone manufacturer; Air Nigeria (former IATA code: VK), a 2004–2012 airline; Level Europe (former IATA code: VK), a 2017–2020 Austrian airline
In January 2014, Sergeev was appointed executive director of VK, responsible for the financial management of the social network. [6] Later in 2014, he became the first deputy director of Mail.ru Group. [7] Since 2016, he has been the first deputy CEO of Mail.ru Group and subsequently became a board member in 2018. He left the board in January ...