Crime, Punishment, and Russia’s Original Social Network

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Thursday, February 19th, 2015
Crime, Punishment, and Russia’s Original Social Network
Pavel Durov, founder of the Russian social network VKontakte, was home alone in his apartment in St. Petersburg on a weekend when a contingent of men in camouflage uniforms knocked violently on his door.

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