Russian Digital Sky Technologies Invests $200M in Facebook

| Importance: 9/10 | Status: confirmed

Digital Sky Technologies (DST), led by Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov and Yuri Milner, purchases a 1.96% stake in Facebook for $200 million. The investment, strategically structured without voting rights, marks a significant entry of Russian capital into the emerging social media platform.

Key Actors

Alisher Usmanov Yuri Milner Mark Zuckerberg Peter Thiel Facebook

Tags

facebook-russia tech-investment russian-investment social-media-influence oligarch-networks

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