KIEV, July 18 – The Income and Tax Ministry has revealed illegal video content containing child pornography on the Ukrainian servers of the VKontakte social network (Russia), and on July 11 criminal proceedings were opened, reads a ministry document, a copy of which has been sent to Interfax-Ukraine.

The document says that on July 10 a comprehensive examination was finished, and it was revealed that 265 files were withdrawn from an unknown person, who acted on the behalf of the VKontakte name, has pornographic content, including children pornography, and content promoting violence and cruelty.

The examination established that the illegal information had been stored on servers since December 2012, and in the period from June 14 to June 26 alone some 31 million users watched it.