Durov left the post of general director "VKontakte"

The co -founder of the VKontakte social network Pavel Durov left the post of its general director. He reported this on his page on the social network. Durov explained his decision in April 2013 by the changes in VKontakte shareholders, as a result of which "the freedom of action of the General Director in the management of the company was significantly reduced." “It is becoming increasingly difficult to defend the principles that were once laid for our social network,” the businessman noted.

“I will continue to participate in the life of VKontakte as the founder,” added Durov, “however, formal posts in the new conditions are not interesting to me.”

In April 2013, the shares of the co -founders of the social network Vyacheslav Mirilashvili and Lev Levieva, who amounted to 48 percent of the shares, acquired the United Capital Partners Foundation. Durov openly conflict with this fund. In October 2013, he said that the current composition of the shareholders seems to him "non -viable."

On January 20, Izvestia, citing a certain source familiar with the situation, reported the businessman's departure from the post of general director of VKontakte. The newspaper also reported that the most part of the Durov team quit with him to work in his new Telegram project - the service exchange service and pictures. However, the press secretary of the social network Georgy Lobushkin denied the information of Izvestia.

On January 24, Vedomosti wrote that in December 2013, Durov sold his share on the social network Ivan Tavrin , the head of MegaFon and the co-owner of the Yutwas media holding. The newspaper estimate at 360-480 million dollars estimated the cost of Durov's shares.

Thus, the publication noticed, structures close to the oligarch Alisher Usmanov received 52 percent of the shares, and therefore control over VKontakte. In addition to Megafon, Usmanov also controls Mail.Ru Group, which owns 39.99 percent of the social network shares.