“VKontakte” recently began to pursue the strange trouble
guide social network “VKontakte” states that the tax authorities of Ukraine in Kiev seized servers belonging to the company.
According to company founder Paul Durov, the cost of the seized equipment – half a million dollars.
“As a result, video and audio content for the Ukrainian people to boot slower, since all data is delivered directly from St. Petersburg” – he wrote on his page on the network VKontakte “.
Ukrainian investigators referred to a court order authorizing the search warrant as part of a criminal investigation of tax evasion with respect to the local company “Evos”.
However, as the technical director of “VKontakte” Nikolay Durov it to them has nothing to do.
strange looks at the history and the fact that the hosting company Dataix, the Kyiv office of which were searched, serves more than 200 companies, including such well-known as Yandex, Mail.ru Group and RuTube, but complaints about the removal of the equipment received only from the representatives’ VKontakte “.
“Some disassembly”
According to a search warrant, a copy of which has placed the administration of social networks on the Internet, it was issued on June 25, and investigations initiated by the State Tax Inspectorate Desnyanskogo district of Kiev.
“The court decided to authorize a search of office and ancillary facilities on the street. Gaidar, 50 in Kiev, which belong to” date-ayiks YUEY “and in which the server is located society with documents about the economic activity of LLC” Evos “- said in court ruling. According to investigators, the servers can be stored financial records.
About “VKontakte” the document does not say a word. However, according to its technical director, operatives, who came with a search for a hosting provider, seized all the equipment they could carry, including those belonging to the “VKontakte”.
According to Pavel Durov, documents of interest to the investigation, seized on the server could not be stored
He suggests that the seizure of servers can be the result of “a showdown between some Ukrainian telecommunications companies”.
According to Pavel Durov, seized on the server only stores video and audio materials, and any documents there may not be.
“I hope that the supervisory authorities of Ukraine quickly solve the issue associated with the abuse they suffer from millions of Ukrainian people. From our side we begin to expand our Frankfurt hub,” – he says.
Wrong again?
social network “VKontakte” in recent string of troubles plaguing the country.
In July 2012 an informal antipedofilskoe movement “Headhunters” Press appealed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs with the requirement to block “VKontakte” , and the head of Paul Durov – criminal charges, arguing that the resource disseminates information about pedophilia and pornography.
In April 2013, investigators Press raided the office in the center of the city and the apartment Pavel Durov – under pretext of a criminal investigation of driving over traffic policeman in what was suspected founder of “VKontakte”. Here in the media reported that Durov allegedly decided to emigrate to the United States – which Press he himself had denied .
Later
prosecution Durov was stopped – it turned out that he did not press a police car – and the case was reclassified to administrative article.
Russian press has been suggested that the charges and searches in the office could be associated with Press transaction for the acquisition of 48% of “VKontakte” investment fund owned by top managers of Rosneft, to which Durov has spoken.
At this trouble, “VKontakte” not over. In May Roscomnadzor Press included belonging vk.com social network domain in a single register of banned sites – as it later turned out, by mistake: “employee is not there ticked”.
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