Not really. Its founder was born in Russia and has a Russian name though but he is living abroad and he failed to comply multiple times with the Kremlin's or it

Not really. Its founder was born in Russia and has a Russian name though but he is living abroad and he failed to comply multiple times with the Kremlin's or its agents' requests and as a result he was ousted/resigned from his CEO position at VK. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Durov#Career https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Durov#Career