MOSCOW. - The Co-founder and CEO of Vkontakte Russian social network Pavel Durov posted a photo featuring an obscene gesture with his middle finger. Durov addressed this impartial hi to Mail.ru Group Holding.

"The official response to trash-holding Mail.ru for its regular attempts to absorb Vkontakte", the author’s comment under the photograph reads.

Rumors that the largest Russian Internet holding Mail.ru Group would like to see a single Russian social network instead of Odnoklassniki and Vkontakte are known for a long time. Currently Mail.ru Group owns approximately 40% of the social network founded by Pavel Durov.