Vkontakte

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  Apple Removes Russian Social Networking App VKontakte from App Store to Comply With Sanctions on Russia

  Apple confirmed on Wednesday that it had delisted VKontakte, Russia's most widely used social networking app from the company's App Store. The app was removed in compliance with UK Sanctions on Russia after the latter held referendums in Moscow-controlled areas of Ukraine. The VK apps that were removed are used for messaging, digital payments, groc...

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  Apple Removes Russian Social Media Network From Its App Store Amid War

  Apple on Wednesday confirmed that it removed popular Russian social network VKontakte from its App Store globally due to sanctions imposed by Britain.

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  Russia’s VK Launches RuStore, Home-Made App Store, to Replace Western Rivals as Ban Continues

  In another push to promote domestic digital services, Russian internet group VK has launched RuStore, a home-made app store, on Wednesday. The new app store will replace Western rivals amid limited access to users in Russia.

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  A New Algorithm Could Predict Isis Attacks

  "It was like the spreading of a fever," said Neil Johnson, head of research for the University of Miami study.

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  Founder of App Used by ISIS Once Said, 'We Shouldn't Feel Guilty.' This Week He Banned Their Accounts.

  PM Pavel Durov knew that terrorists were using his app to communicate. And he decided it was something he could live with.

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  As Telegram Messaging App Blocks Islamic State Sites, New Ones Pop Up

  Mobile messaging service Telegram is racing to shut down broadcast channels used by Islamic State to promote its causes and recruit members, but the group is creating new channels apparently just as quickly.

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  Tajikistan Ends Facebook Block Prompted by Islamic State Defector

  Ex-Soviet Tajikistan today lifted blocks on popular websites including Facebook and YouTube it imposed after a police chief appeared in an online video announcing his defection to the Islamic State group.

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  Celebrity Entrepreneur of Russian Social Media Chooses Exile

  Not long ago, Pavel Durov, 30, was seen as Russia's Mark Zuckerberg - founding the country's most popular social network, VKontakte.

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  VKontakte Completely Taken Over by Kremlin-Friendly Usmanov

  The oligarch said with the purchase of a 48 percent stake, Mail.Ru now owns all the shares

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  'Russian Zuckerberg' rules out return without reforms

  Pavel Durov, the 29-year-old founder of VKontakte, fled the country last week after a bitter dispute with a shareholder culminated in his departure from the company.

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  'Russian Zuckerberg' quits homeland with parting shot

  Pavel Durov, the founder of Russia's biggest social network, recently left the country while claiming he'd been forced out of the company by government-backed forces.

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  'Russian Facebook' founder says has left country after being pushed out

  His dramatic announcement is the latest episode in an acrimonious wrangle between Durov and a major shareholder.

• 'Russian Facebook' founder flees country after being pressurised

  The maverick founder of Russia's top social network, Pavel Durov, said on Tuesday he had fled the country after selling his share in the company under pressure from the security services.

• 'Russian Facebook' accepts founder's resignation

  Russia's top social network said on Monday it had accepted the resignation of its founder, Pavel Durov, after he announced earlier this month he was leaving and then apparently changed his mind.

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  'Russian Facebook' founder resigns on April Fools' Day

  Durov had said he was leaving as a result of the changes in its shareholder structure in 2013.