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Vkontakte scooped up by Mail.Ru group

04/09/2014

VKontakte, Russia’s largest social media network, may soon be entirely owned by Alisher Usmanov’s Mail.Ru Group.  The Group already owns a 52% stake and negotiations for the sale of the remaining 48% are believed to be in their final stages. Lenta

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