http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/ma ... kte-bannedDurov, 28, founded VKontakte in his native St Petersburg in 2006 and his success in building the network – which attracts 47 million users daily – has drawn comparisons with Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.
Durov refused to comply with an order by the Federal Security Service, a successor to the Soviet-era KGB, to close groups used by activists to organise protests over the December 2011 parliamentary election, which handed victory to Putin's ruling United Russia party.
Last month he was implicated in a traffic incident in the city of St Petersburg in which a policeman was slightly injured. Durov has denied being involved in the accident but, instead of agreeing to testify as a witness, he left the country, say sources close to him. He has not been seen in public or posted on his VKontakte page since 24 April.
The executive's difficulties coincided with a change of ownership at the company, in which a private equity fund with Kremlin connections bought a 48% stake from the founding partners who backed Durov. The day before the deal closed on 17 April, VK's office and Durov's home were searched by investigators.
The buyer, United Capital Partners, controls assets worth some $3.5bn (£2.3bn) and is run by the financier Ilya Sherbovich, who sits on the board of three large state firms including Rosneft, the oil firm run by Putin's former chief of staff, Igor Sechin.
Как интересно! Если у вас в доме обыск, значит вы должны что-то отдать.
Бизнес - не бизнес, если он не контроллируется Кремлем. Вот она, путинская экономика!У кого-нибудь есть подобные примеры?
