The most popular Russian telegram channel was sold for a million rubles

telegram channel The owner of the Former , stand-up comedian Artur Chaparyan sold it for 1.2 million rubles. It is reported by vc.ru.

According to Chaparyan, he was "tired and chose money." Chaparyan clarified that in less than three months he earned less than a million rubles from advertising posts.

The channel was bought by a certain Yura Korb, who is engaged in the promotion of channels. He also owns the English Language channel with 95,000 subscribers.

• "Former" is a channel with stereotypical quotes from the messages of girls after a breakup. Chaparyan started it in June 2017, at the time of writing, the channel had more than 75 thousand subscribers.
• According to Medialogy , Former is the most widely read Russian Telegram channel. In July, each post averaged 290,000 views.