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Vladimir Kiriyenko has been CEO (Russia) since December 2021.

Vladimir Kiriyenko has extensive experience in direct investment in Russian companies and IT businesses. Before joining the VK team, he was First Vice President of Rostelecom, and from 2016 to 2017 he was Senior Vice President of Business Development and Management. Previously, Vladimir was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kapital LLC from 2011, and from 2008 to 2011 he was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nizhegorodpromstroybank.

Vladimir graduated from the Higher School of Economics with a degree in Economics and Finance and also holds an Executive MBA from the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management.

He has been the CEO of MY.GAMES (Mail.ru Group's gaming division) since 2017. Vasily is responsible for business development in Russia, CIS countries, Europe, USA and Asia.

Vasily joined Mail.ru Group in 2010 as the head of the IT Territory studio, which develops browser-based, social and mobile games. In 2014 he was appointed deputy head of Mail.ru Group's Gaming Division.

Game development and creation. There are more than 150 games in the portfolio, 80 of which are in active operation. MY.GAMES includes more than 10 internal teams, which annually release games for smartphones, PCs and consoles. MY.GAMES operates the profile investment arm of MGVC, which aims to develop promising companies and projects in the gaming business.