Government Russia impose restriction on media social

President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, looks to having taken management of the foremost common social network within the country to make sure that he's ready to effectively monitor Ukrainian protests. The founding father of the Russian Vkontakte (InTouch), #Pavel Durov, had antecedently proclaimed he was feat the corporate however aforesaid he had withdrawn his resignation simply to search out allies of #Vladimir Putin sitting in his table.

Pavel Durov, 29, was reportable in press as speech communication he had antecedently refused requests from the authorities to censor publications on his web site. Pavel, who has been forced to quit the corporate, confirmed that currently #Vkontakte goes below the whole management of two people: #Igor Sechin and Alisher Usmanov (both of them are connected to President). Perhaps, within the Russian context, this case was inevitable, and Pavel admitted being happy they managed to last seven and a half years. The creator of the web site claims they need done plenty, and a part of what has been done cannot be turned back. Igor Sechin is that the CEO of state-owned oil company #Rosneft and is additionally referred to as President Putin’s ex-deputy chief of employees. Within the meanwhile, Alisher Usmanov is recognized because the richest man within the country.

According to the Russian press agency Interfax, the social network claimed they'd acted on Durov’s resignation letter in March as a result of he hadn’t withdrawn it formally at intervals an allowed 1-month grace amount. Pavel Durov has since aforesaid he has fled Russia as a result of the country is incompatible with on-line business at the instant. It is conjointly famous that Pavel Durov had been asked by the local authorities handy over the small print of Ukrainian voters WHO had used the social network to form teams associated with anti-government protests. Additionally, Durov was conjointly asked to close up a gaggle supporting a well-known Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. A young businessperson said that his rejection to try and do therefore had flogged his shares in Vkontakte and he thus couldn’t continue “to create the correct decisions” any longer.