Mail.ru Group paid $345 million for its 12% stake in VKontakte

In its accounts for the first half of 2014, Mail.ru Group has disclosed the sum it paid in April of this year to Ivan Tavrin for 12% of VKontakte, Russia’s leading social network also known as VK.com. The stake cost the group around $345 million, valuing the company at almost $2.9 billion.

The LSE-listed Internet group thus owns 52% of Vkontakte. The remaining 48% belong to Russian investment fund United Capital Partners (UCP), which acquired its stake in controversial conditions in 2013.

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Tavrin had acquired its stake in December 2013 from VK co-founder Pavel Durov,  who left the company this past spring.

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