Rustam Minnikhanov registered his account in "VKontakte"
6 August 2015, Thursday
On August 6, after his meeting with Marketing Director of Russian social network "VKontakte" Yaroslav Andreev and Manager for special projects Konstantin Sidorkov at Tatarstan Government House, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov decided to open his account in "VKontakte".
Representatives of the social network noted that 80% of Internet audience of Tatarstan has accounts in "VKontakte".
Yaroslav Andreev said that social networks have become a powerful competitor of traditional media. According to TNS research group, the audience of "VKontakte" has exceeded the audience of federal TV channels.
During the meeting creation of official pages of regions in "VKontakte" was discussed. Konstantin Sidorkov offered creating the official page of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Rustam Minnikhanov supported the idea and noted that he also decided to register his account in "VKontakte" to keep up with the latest trends. His page will be available by the link https://vk.com/rnm .
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