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Why Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg Left His Home Country


Pavel Durov, often referred to as “Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg” since the social network he founded became bigger than Facebook in Russia, fled his home country in April in part because of the government’s increasing interference in his business. Durov told The New York Times’ Danny Hakim that he first started thinking about leaving Russia in 2011 when a SWAT team showed up at his door with guns after he refused to shut down the profiles of opposition politicians. He didn’t answer the door, but they remained outside for over an hour. “They seemed to want to break the door,” …read more

Source: Business Insider

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