“As they say, nature abhors a vacuum, and new social networks will take the place of the outgoing social networks, so the corresponding work will always be in demand,” TASS quoted him as saying on the eve of the Digital International Relations 2022 conference.

Torkunov added that the transition to the formation of regional segments of the dissemination of information "reflects a trend towards the emergence of a multipolar world."

Earlier, the VKontakte social network extended the largest author support program in the company's history.