NEWPROFILEPIC AND VICTOR SAZHIN
Nisos has removed its blog post about Victor Sazhin and his company NewProfilePic based on new information that nullifies our old speculations that Victor Sazhin and NewProfilePic possibly retained or sold user data in Russia as a result of having Russian government contracts. Specifically, information surrounding the administrative dissolution of VicMan Software, Inc—rather than through sale or restructuring—as well as new details regarding NewProfilePic’s ownership by British Virgin Islands company Linerock Investments, Ltd, provides more specific information than was available in 2022 and renders the blog post an obsolete artifact of supposition and analysis based on old, less-specific information.
Nisos regrets the erroneous data presented in the initial publication.