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]

History and profile

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-chief of Russky 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]}

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