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Why you should be concerned about Russia's Facebook
VKontakte, for the uninitiated, is Russia’s biggest social media site, making it a social force with which to contend. In 2012, when Vladimir Putin was reinstated as Russia’s president after four years as prime minister, suspicion of voter fraud drove tens of thousands to Moscow Square calling for a rerun of the election. In an effort to quell protests, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) contacted VKontakte to request that opposition accounts be deactivated.
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Isn't Facebook available in Russia? Why keep using VK?
People tend to hang around the social network with the most of their friends, and FB has a tiny presence there mainly because of VK's dominence.