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VK (service) individuals, such as Dmitry Grishin, Timur Bekmambetov, and Mikhail Piotrovsky (speakers at the 2017 festival), are also an important part of the festival. More than 1.5 million people watched the festival's official live stream. For many years, VK has paid special attention to charity work. A stylized image of a dog with a scar, the symbol of the website, was drawn by Pavel Durov in 2011 for a charity auction. On 19 November 2015, VK, in cooperation with the World Wildlife Fund, released a sticker pack called “WWF”. When hovering the cursor above the animal's sticker, a description of the