By Jennifer Newton The founder of Russia's most popular social network claims he has been fired and that the website is now under 'complete control' of two allies close to president Vladimir Putin. Pavel Durov, dubbed the Russian Mark Zuckerberg, was head of VKontakte, the country's version of Facebook. But announcing his dismissal on his Vkontakte page yesterday, Mr Durov said the social network will now fall under state control and claims he only read about his sacking through reading it in the press. Pavel Durov, the founder of Russian social network Vkontakte, who claims he has been fired by allies close to President Putin
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Pavel Durov founder of VKontakte claims he has been fired from network
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Says he only found out about sacking by reading it in the press
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Website now comes under control of Igor Sechin and Alisher Usmanov
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Both are close allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin
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VKontakte considered Russia's version of Facebook with 100 million users
The 29-year-old, is said to have refused previous attempts to censor @placeholder and has largely remained out of politics.