Artemy Lebedev became design director at VKontakte

The famous Russian designer, blogger, businessman and author of many Internet projects Artemy Lebedev headed the management of the VKontakte social network. The appointment of a celebrity to the position of design director was reported in the press service of the Russian social network.

Previously “MK” reportedwhat Lebedev said about his visit to Chechnya. The designer received a finalist diploma in the republic for second place in an open international competition for the master plan of Grozny. According to Lebedev, he “managed to talk face to face with Ramzan Kadyrov for five minutes.” During this conversation, he apologized to the leader of Chechnya for everything that might have offended him in the designer’s statements.

On the eve of the State Property Fund of Ukraine informedthat the country’s government has agreed to the nationalization of the assets of Artemy Lebedev, who is included in the Ukrainian sanctions list. In a press release, the foundation calls the famous designer “a Russian figure and propagandist.”