It's wild how Western commenters say "we don't know for sure" when it was all public, they just didn't pay attention.
VKontakte is a great example because was literally a hostile takeover from Durov to Kremlin's oligarch Usmanov. They even accused Durov of "running over a policeman" as a threat to his arrest.
Other Russian media were consolidated as well mainly around Gazprom structures and holdings controlled by Sergey Chemezov, Putin's long time friend from his East Germany work and an ex-KGB general.
VKontakte is a great example because was literally a hostile takeover from Durov to Kremlin's oligarch Usmanov. They even accused Durov of "running over a policeman" as a threat to his arrest.
Other Russian media were consolidated as well mainly around Gazprom structures and holdings controlled by Sergey Chemezov, Putin's long time friend from his East Germany work and an ex-KGB general.