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 around t
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 controver
In the drawn-out <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/03/vk-com-founder-durov-backtracks-on-his-resignation-now-back-at-the-helm-as-ceo/">game</a> of <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/01/foun
On April 1, Pavel Durov <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/01/founder-pavel-durov-says-hes-stepped-down-as-head-of-russias-top-social-network-vk-com/">stepped down from his role as CEO of VKontak
Pavel Durov, the founder of VKontakte.com, has announced on his <a target="_blank" href="https://vk.com/wall1_45617">VK.com page</a> that he has stepped down as the head of the social network -- Ru
Pavel Durov, the elusive founder of <a target="_blank" href="http://vk.com">VKontakt</a> (VK), at 100 million users Russia's biggest social network, has confirmed that he has sold his 12 percent stake
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.vk.com">Vkontakte</a>, a social networking site known as the "Facebook of Russia", is facing legal action from nine music labels including EMI, Sony and Warner over
<img alt="" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/yandex.png" title="Yandex" class="shot" width="217" height="104" /><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/yandex">Yandex</a>, the R
<img alt="" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/yandex.png" title="Yandex" class="shot" width="217" height="104" /><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/yandex">Yandex</a>, the R
<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/vkontakte-logo.png" width="159" height="155" />Russian social network <a href="http://www.vkontakte.ru/">Vkontakte.ru</a>, notoriously heavi
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/cp_1246527256_vkontakte-215x154.jpg" width="215" height="154" /><a href="http://comscore.com">comScore</a> has aggregated some data based on i
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/socialnetworkvalues-180x200.jpg" width="180" height="200" />A year ago we <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2008/06/23/modeling-the-real-market-
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 unique visitors and page view