Media of Ukraine in 2011 where estimated at USD 400 million, 200% growth compared to 2010. As of 2011, Ukraine ranked 8th among the world's countries with the fastest Internet access speed, with an average download speed of 1,190 kbit/s. According to Freedom House, the Internet in Ukraine is "Free", in contrast to Ukraine's news media as a whole which is considered to be only "Partly Free". Aside from web portals and search engines, the most popular websites are Vk, YouTube, Wikipedia, Facebook, Livejournal, EX.UA and Odnoklassniki. In May 2017, president Poroshenko signed a decree blocking access in Ukraine to Russian servers VKontakte,
VK (service) Durov then left Russia and stated that he had "no plans to go back" and that "the country is incompatible with Internet business at the moment". On 16 September 2014, the Mail.ru group bought the remaining 48% stake of VK from United Capital Partners (UCP) for $1.5 billion, thus becoming the sole proprietor of the social network. In May 2017, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree to impose a ban on Mail.ru and its widely used social networks including VKontakte and Odnoklassniki as part of its continued sanctions on Russia for its annexation of Crimea and involvement in the