Bellingcat found out that American Nazis and racists have replaced Facebook with VKontakte.That's because
The publication recalls that since March 2019, Facebook has banned accounts and posts with the ideology of white supremacy.Because of this, neo-Nazis and racists have switched to VKontakte, where moderation is weaker.
One of these pages, owned by the Ku Klux Klan, for example, published direct instructions on how to attract supporters on Facebook.You just need to leave a link to pages and posts on VKontakte.
A good example is also the story of the active National Socialist Daniel Burnside.His Facebook profile does not containHowever, on the avatar of the page on VKontakte, the man is standingIn front of his house, on which you can see a flag with a swastika.His place of work is listed as the "National Socialist Movement".
The Bell has already turned to the press service of VKontakte. Representatives of the social network said that "they express zero tolerance for calls for violence, extremism and any material that promotes discrimination on racial, national or other grounds." Then VKontakte blocked the pages discovered by journalists.