> I am still very suspicious at how he managed to flout around Kremlin for so long. His first successful project (VK) was founded and gained popularity partial

> I am still very suspicious at how he managed to flout around Kremlin for so long. His first successful project (VK) was founded and gained popularity partially using money of really weird investors some of whom were related to Kremlin. Also keep in mind that Russia was just a kleptocracy until around 2008-2010 and only after 2012 when Putin decide to get back presidency everything started to go really sour. So it's not surprise they taken control of the company away from him shortly after.