VK (service) friends, as well as a real-time news search. VK updated its features and design on April 2016. As of May 2017, according to Alexa Internet ranking, VK is one of the most visited websites in some Eurasian countries. It is: It was the fourth most viewed site in Ukraine until, in May 2017, the Ukrainian government banned the use of VK in Ukraine. According to a study for May 2018 conducted by Factum Group Ukraine VK remained the fourth most viewed site in Ukraine, but Facebook was twice as much visited. As of May 2018 the site is available in
VK (service) project in 2017. Only active projects with an earnings model could submit applications. 327 grant applications were received buy only 67 of them passed the initial screening. The total prize pool was 2.5 million rubles. The first VK Cup, a programming championship for young programmers aged 13–23, was held on 16 July 2012 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. VK and Codeforces co-organized the second VK Cup programming championship, which took place from 24 July to 27 July 2015. The winners received a total of 1,048,576 rubles (an amount related to round binary numbers). The third VK Cup took place from 1