It says 'Public Games' will be the first reality show taking place exclusively on social media. By Vladimir Kozlov The “Russian Facebook” VKontakte on Wednesday unveiled plans for a reality show ...
MOSCOW -- When VKontakte.ru briefly appeared on a government blacklist of banned websites last week, it raised eyebrows. Russia's leading social network isn’t just a place where friends connect, make ...
Since the Kremlin began throttling YouTube playback speeds in Russia this summer, two homegrown platforms have been vying to take its place: Rutube and VKontakte’s VK Video. While Rutube swiftly ...
Russian social network VKontakte, the local equivalent of Facebook, has launched its long-awaited legitimate music streaming service, moving further away from its piracy past. By Vladimir Kozlov ...
MOSCOW—One of Russia's top Internet companies Mail.Ru Group has bought the remaining 48% stake in the country's most popular social network VKontakte for $1.47 billion, Mail.Ru said in a statement on ...
Pavel Durov, the founder of VKontakte, has sold his stake in the company, which hails itself as Russia’s largest social network. Durov wrote on his VKontakte page that he had sold 12 percent of the ...
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 to Ivan Tavrin, the CEO of major Russian ...