These are some of the sources from which Russian speakers get their information.
Print Newspapers
- Известия –Formerly the official mouthpiece of the Soviet government, continues to be published five days a week as a broadsheet newspaper covering political, social, and business matters. Sample headlines: “A Gosduma deputy warned there is a risk of escalation of the conflict in Dunbass”, “Trump’s lawyer Giuliani has been infected with the corona virus”.
- Коммерсантъ –A daily business paper. Sample headlines: “Market share of Russian companies among major armaments producers fell by half.”, “US scientists explain the ‘accustic attacks’ on diplomats in Cuba are due to radio frequency radiation.”
- Комсомольская правда –Formerly the official organ of the Communist Union of Youth or Konsomol, now a nationwide daily tabloid newspaper. Sample headlines: “They are actually hunting the homeless down. They bring in big profits for owners of workhouses.”, “Their way: an opposition media journalist loses his job for criticising Navalniy.”
- Новая газета –Newspaper known for covering political and social matters, investigative journalism, and criticism of the government. Sample headlines: “Almost 100 persons detained in Saturday protests in France.”, “Arrest instead of a hero’s star”.
- Правда –One of two modern-day publications claiming to be the successor of the Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda. This one is the official newspaper of the Communist Part of the Russian Federation. The rival publication is the online newspaper Pravda.ru. Sample headlines: “The only hope”, “Tear your house down!”, “Sociopolitical protest beyond our borders”.
Online Newspapers
- LENTA.RU –Major online news site based in Moscow. Widely quoted by bloggers and one of the most popular news sites in Europe. Part of the Rambler Group of Russian media, Internet, and e-commerce companies. Sample headlines: “Russians tell us about the best gifts for New Year’s.”, “Female taxi driver describes attack by teenage car thieves.”, “Ukrainian woman attempts to vote in Zelenskiy’s native city using an passport from the USSR.”
- Правда.ру –The second of two modern-day publications which claim to be the successor of the Soviet newspaper Pravda. Sample headlines: “Baltic Russophobes are out of the scene”, “The revisionist state: Who is likely to break the world order?”, “Igor the chameleon came home after 32 days on the run.”
Magazines
- Вокруг света – Official journal of the Russian Geographic Society. Articles, mostly short, about general interest topics with an emphasis on science, nature, and history. Sample headlines: “Winter season opens at teh Caucasus Nature Reserve”, “What is in the space between water molecules?”, “Ravines, pies, and fireworks: in search of ancient Alania”.
- Огонёк –One of the oldest weakly illustrated magazines in Russia. Sample headlines: “What we know about the murder of the ‘father’ of Iran’s atom bomb.”, “Should we expect the next pension reform soon?”
Radio and TV
- BBC News Русская служба –News in Russian from the BBC’s Russian service. Articles and videos on the web site are not the same as those on the site of the site of the English-language World Service. Many of them appear to have been written from scratch in Russian for a Russian audiance.
- Известия
–TV channel operated by the newspaper of the same name.
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–A Russian-language channel with editorial offices in Prague. Funded by the
US government.
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–The leading TV channel in Russian. Major shareholders are the Russian
state and large banks.
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–The second most popular television channel in Russian. State-owned since
its founding in 1956.
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–Independent television channel based in Moscow.
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–Moscow radio station. News and blogs on site.
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