Durov posts on VKontakte after 8 years
New posts have appeared on Pavel Durov's VKontakte page for the first time in eight years.
Consensus
- Pavel Durov published two new posts on his VKontakte page for the first time since 2018.
- The two posts were identical and written in capital letters with the text 'ТЕКСТ ОРИГИНЛАДО ПРАВКИ'.
- The posts were removed shortly after publication.
- The last previous post by Durov on VKontakte was dated 8 May 2018.
Points of divergence
- The posts were published on 19 August, and were removed shortly after. Durov or VK representatives did not comment on the incident. — vm
- Pavel Durov was added to the Russian list of terrorists and extremists by Rosfinmonitoring on 30 July, and the FSB accused him of aiding terrorism. — vm
- The FSB claimed Telegram administrators failed to remove channels, chats, and bots used by Ukrainian special services, terrorist, and extremist organizations. — vm
- Telegram responded to the FSB's accusations by posting a photo of Durov showing the middle finger on its official social media page. — vm
- The meaning of the posts is unclear. — tg_varlamov_news
Coverage (2 sources)
- On Durova's page on 'VKontakte', new posts appeared for the first time in eight years — Вечерняя Москва
- On Pavel Durov's page on 'VKontakte' new posts appeared for the first time in eight years. What they mean is not very clear. — Varlamov News