@deadheat @romin Short answer: yes, VK is de-facto licks the gov ass.

Long history answer: previously VK was an exclusive social network for folks who graduated from universities and want be in touch with old classmates. It's created by Pavel Durov. One day he decided to do a little trolling and announced his "retirement" on April 1st, but VK directors decided to just threw him out. Later Mail.ru bought VK to rebrand into it.

It's already the known fact that Mail.ru and VK are complying to Russian gov. People get jailed for political reasons, different views, calls to stop the war and likes/reposts of previously listed things.