Who owns Mail.ru Email?
Mail.ru Email is owned by VK (Russia, MOEX: VKCO).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: VK Annual Report 2024, VK IPJSC. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- VK International Public Joint-Stock Company reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Email & messaging
- Parent ticker
- MOEX: VKCO
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Mail.ru Email
Mail.ru Email is the email service within Mail, the ecosystem that VK groups under Ecosystem services and other business lines with Cloud, Documents, Shopping, Calendar and Notes. The annual report calls it the audience leader among Russian email services. VK's 2025 results release gives a monthly audience in Russia of 48.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 and says Mail Space, the combined Mail and Cloud subscription, exceeded 3.2 million users.
Ownership timeline of Mail.ru Email
Where Mail.ru Email sits in VK
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by VK
VK controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in email & messaging, and who owns them
The 18 brands in email & messaging on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is Snap, with 2; VK has 2.
About the owner: VK
VK is a publicly listed company headquartered in Russia. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as MOEX: VKCO.
VK IPJSC is the Russian technology group that its annual report calls the biggest company in the Russian internet segment by user base. It was registered in Russia on 26 September 2023 after the re-domiciliation of VK Company Limited, and its ordinary shares trade on the Moscow Exchange under VKCO. Its registered address is in Kaliningrad. The 2024 annual report lists VK Messenger where the 2025 results release lists MAX, so VK Messenger is left out.
🇷🇺 Mail.ru Email and other Russian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 75 brands that began in Russia. 5 of them (7%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Mail.ru Email is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Mail.ru Email?
The parent company of Mail.ru Email is VK, a publicly listed company headquartered in Russia.
Is Mail.ru Email Russian?
Yes. Mail.ru Email originated in Russia and its owner, VK, is also headquartered in Russia.
Is Mail.ru Email still owned by VK?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Mail.ru Email is still owned by VK. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] VK Annual Report 2024 — VK IPJSC, Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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