Once Celebrated in Russia, Programmer Pavel Durov Chooses Exile
Not long ago, Mr. Durov was seen as Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg. He founded a social network, VKontakte, which is more popular in Russia than Facebook, and made a splash by publicly offering Edward Snowden a job.

Then the Kremlin tightened its grip over the Internet and President Vladimir V. Putin’s allies took control of VKontakte.

December 3, 2014 at 05:12AM
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