VK Received $579M in Russian State Funds to Build YouTube Rival – Kommersant The allocation accounted for nearly 10% of the Digital Development Ministry’s total spending of $6.08 billion, Kommersant reported. 2 Min read

Russian internet giant VK received 43.5 billion rubles ($578.6 million) from the federal budget last year, according to Russia’s 2025 budget execution report cited by the Kommersant business daily, underscoring the Kremlin’s push to build state-backed alternatives to Western digital platforms.

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