IZVESTIYA

Izvestiya: translation

Newspaper.Izvestiyais a high-circulation, quality daily newspaper and one of the oldest publications in Russia. In Russian, the wordizvestiiameans “messages,” and is derived from the verbizvesha’, meaning “to inform” (the wordizvestiiais, in fact, used in titles of many Russian news publications). During the Soviet era,Izvestiyapresented the official views of the Soviet government and published copies of important official documents and laws, whilePravda>was the mouthpiece of theCommunist Party of the Soviet Union. After thedissolution of the Soviet Union,Izvestiyaremained one of the few newspapers with national coverage.Vladimir Potaninowned the newspaper until 2005, whenGazpromacquired it. At that point, the circulation of the newspaper was approximately 250,000 copies per day. The newspaper has a very well-developed website (www.izvestia.ru/) and positions itself as a multimedia news agency rather than a traditional newspaper. Since 2005,The New York Timeshas usedIzvestiyato publish its Russian version. The newspaper is managed by Pyotr Godlevsky, and its editor-in-chief is Vladimir Mamontov.

See alsoMedia.