Well, he lost control of VK years ago and seems to be working hard to prevent that from happening again.

That's part of why I trust it enough to use it (at least for some of my communication. )

Either lost control or donated it to FSB in secret. He's not exactly a knight in shining armor, judging from all that 'Facebook cloning' affair.

Then why has Telegram been sharing an office with VK?

Why?

Cause Russia's fucked?

I've never before seen such a crude, off-the-cuff answer be so accurate.

So's everywhere else. If you're gonna be sending the info to some government, why not spread it around a little so everyone only has part of the picture?