On Sunday, the press secretary of “VKontakte” George Lobushkin refuted evidence that the founder of the social network Pavel Durov emigrated to the United States.
information that Durov went to the U.S., was announced in the program “Parfenov” on TV “Rain” on Sunday night.
«It is a complete lie,” – said Lobushkin , reports RIA “Novosti» .
«Pavel Durov was not going and is not going to emigrate from Russia. At the moment, he and the team are working on a project VKontakte “- Lobushkin also wrote on his page on the social network.
Durov waiting for interrogation, investigators Petersburg in the case of an accident, which occurred in the center of the northern capital near the Houses Singer, where the office of “VKontakte».
Some media reported that in the car, which was involved in the accident, was Durov. On Tuesday night, St. Petersburg investigators conducted a search of the office of “VKontakte” and the place of residence Durov. According to media reports, searches were related to the fact that the victim in the case of the accident identified the perpetrator of the accident in the name of Paul Durov. In this case, the founder of the social network called in for questioning in the case as a witness.
Also Wednesday, it was reported that an investment fund United Capital Partners (UCP) has closed a deal to acquire 48% stake in the social network from the co-founders of Vladislav Mirilashvili and Lev Leviev. For an undisclosed amount. Meanwhile, according to the Basic Texts “VKontakte” first right to purchase the share of the social network should be at the current shareholders. The largest shareholders of the network are also Mail.ru group (39,9%) and Pavel Durov (12%). Lobushkin then stated that the management of the social network, including its CEO Durov was not aware of a possible change in the shareholding structure.
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