Russian Millionaire Pavel Durov Throwing Paper Planes Made Of Money

Twenty-seven-year-old Russian millionaire Pavel Durov has earned himself plenty of new critics today after it was reported the mogul threw "paper planes" made of money from the windows of his St. Petersburg office into a growing crowd of pedestrians below.

Durov is the CEO of Vkontakte, or "In Contact," Russia's most popular social networking site and considered that country's equivalent to Facebook.

RT.com reports that a growing crowd amassed to collect the 5,000-ruble notes, which are worth about $160 each. However, while Durov reportedly appeared amused by the crowd, he stopped throwing the cash planes from his office window after some spectators appeared to turn violent.

According to RT, Durov took to his Twitter account, writing, "We had to stop soon, though, as people turned into animals."

Still, Durov apparently neglected to take personal responsibility for the response and even promised that "definitely, more such actions are to follow."

At the end of the day, Durov, who is worth an estimated $260 million, apparently tossed down only about $2,000 in cash to the crowd.

This isn't the first unusual public stunt by Durov. He recently published a political manifesto that included his ideas on how to improve Russia's economy. According to Business Insider, two of those ideas include abolishing Russia's national currency and allowing foreign interests to purchase state land.

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[MrFullkick]

idiot

[YouAreAll ServusDeAparatus]

Dumb fucking cunt. Lot of people,not just in Russia,but in whole world break their backs to earn 5000 rubles(about 125 € ) in a month and he does things like that.

Animal !

[Royalllllll]

u mean the old facebook?

[MaU CoRdObA]

Vk.com the new Facebook!! =)

[Justin Sider]

Awesome, great there are still people like him.

[YouAreAll ServusDeAparatus]

Money isn't everything in the world but,unfortunately,the world is made like this and people hardly get out of that system..

I'm just saying that a lot of people in the world work honestly and all they earn,they use for their pure existence..

They don't have for luxury cars,villas,trips around the world and things like that.

Believe it or not,a lot of peoplein the world would get offended and hurt 'cause they can't sometimes afford food and he does something like this..

[OpComm]

Can't the young dude have fun any more? You are going to keep breaking your back trying to earn as much as he does but you won't because you are STILL busy TRYING and COMPLAINING.

Pavel, Davai bro and spend the cheese. You worked hard for it with some smart ideas.

[OpComm]

Go make your own money and stop complaining. He did not steal the money. Let him spend it as he wishes.

[IPLAYSONGS999]

africa full of rape and violence,- no one says anything. Russian gives away free mony - OMG what a disgusting animal

[afruitlesshippo]

Russians, economically responsible

[MrJhfdb]

Why hate? Hes giving it away

[gillylikesbikes]

@ nitroflesh your a peanut