In the near future, Pavel Durov, the creator of the VKontakte social network and founder of Telegram LLC, may receive the official title of Hero of Runet in Russia. Quoting sources on the Telegram channel “Toxic Number” on this subject reported Oleg Kapranov, journalist of the Rossiyskaya Gazeta publication.
“Interlocutors in the market claim that: [присвоение титула] It will be held at a closed ROCIT event, where the results of the year will be summarized and awards will be given for contributions to the development of the Russian-language Internet,” Kapranov wrote.
According to the journalist, the real intrigue in the context of this news is who from the Telegram team will come to Moscow to receive the award. Kapranov doubts that Pavel Durov will personally visit Russia.
Pavel Durov was born in St. Petersburg in 1984. He is a Russian programmer and entrepreneur born in St. Petersburg. He holds citizenship of Saint Kitts and Nevis, UAE and France. Its most successful product is Telegram messenger, which, according to official figures, has a monthly active user base of 800 million.
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