Pavel Durov, the 29-year-old founder of the giant Russian social network VKontakte, has resigned from his CEO post at the company, according to a post to his VK page on Tuesday. The move comes amid a shareholder fight in which two investment groups are battling for greater control of the company.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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