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Re:ICQ New by spxans on Thursday April 09, 2020 @06:17PM (#22827786)
Yes, that is part of the definition of a hostile takeover:

"hostile takeover n. An acquisition of a firm despite resistance by the target firm's management and board of directors"

it's an appropriate label considering the founder was openly against it and had to leave the country

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Re:ICQ New by magic_quotes on Thursday April 09, 2020 @07:03PM (#22828122)
You are conveniently forgetting Durov never was the owner of Vk. Nor does his person constitute the entire "board of directors" or whatever management they had.
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