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On October 10, 2006, 22-year-old Pavel Durov launched "VKontakte", a social network in which students, friends and acquaintances from the university could be found. After a few months, the project had a million users, and by 2010, the number of registered accounts had reached 100 million. In December 2011, following massive protests against election fraud, the FSB demanded that Durov block opposition communities. He refused and published a photo…
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On October 10, 2006, 22-year-old Pavel Durov launched "VKontakte", a social network in which students, friends and acquaintances from the university could be found. After a few months, the project had a million users, and by 2010, the number of registered accounts had reached 100 million. In December 2011, following massive protests against election fraud, the FSB demanded that Durov block opposition communities. He refused and published a photo…

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