Russky Newsweek (Russian: Русский Newsweek) or Newsweek Russia was a news magazine published in Russia between 2004 and 2010 as the Russian edition of Newsweek. It was the first news magazine of Western origin published in the country.[1]
| Editor-in-chief | Mikhail Fishman |
|---|---|
| Categories | News magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Axel Springer |
| First issue | June 2004 |
| Final issue | 18 October 2010 |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
Russky Newsweek was established in June 2004.[2][3][4] The license of the magazine was held by the Axel Springer Russia, a subsidiary of Axel Springer AG.[5][6] The magazine was published on a weekly basis by Axel Springer Russia.[7] The weekly featured detailed articles some of which were critical of Kremlin.[8]
Leonid Parfyonov and Alexander Gordeev [ru] served as the editors-in-chiefofRussky Newsweek.[1][2] Between 2009 and 2010 Mikhail Zygar was its political editor and deputy editor-in-chief.[9] Mikhail Fishman was the last editor-in-chief.[5] The magazine was printed in light weight coated paper provided by LEIPA.[10]
Russky Newsweek was the recipient of the Press Leaders-2008 award of the Association of Press Distributors in the category of general interest magazines.[11]
The last issue of Russky Newsweek was published on 18 October 2010 when it ceased publication due to economic reasons.[2][5]