''Vzglyad'' ( rus, Взгляд) is a Russian
online newspaper, which was produced by
Konstantin Rykov
Konstantin Igorevich Rykov (''Константин Игоревич Рыков''), a.k.a. Jason Foris (Джейсон Форис) (born 27 May 1979) is a Russian politician.
Biography
Rykov was born in Moscow. Since 1998 he made his mark as one ...
.
History
In July 2005 Delovaya Gazeta Vzglyad established the free online newspaper ''Vzglyad''. Konstantin Rykov launched ''Vzglyad'' as competition to ''
Kommersant
''Kommersant'' (russian: Коммерсантъ, , ''The Businessman'' or Commerce Man, often shortened to Ъ) is a nationally distributed daily newspaper published in Russia mostly devoted to politics and business. The TNS Media and NRS Russia ...
'' and ''
Vedomosti
''Vedomosti'' ( rus, Ведомости, p=ˈvʲedəməsʲtʲɪ, ) is a Russian-language business daily newspaper published in Moscow.
History
''Vedomosti'' was founded in 1999 as a joint venture between Dow Jones, who publishes ''The Wall ...
''.
The site started working on May 23, 2005, with the first paper edition "Vzglyad.ru" being published in November 2006. Several journalists, including
Maxim Kononenko
Maksim Kononenko (russian: Максим Кононенко; born 13 March 1971 in Apatity, Russian SFSR) is an ex journalist, writer, TV show host, and political activist.
Kononenko is a member of the council of the party Civilian Power.
Biog ...
, Vladimir Mamontov and
Tina Kandelaki, wrote columns for ''Vzglyad''.
In 2013, Alexander Shmelev, the former editor-in-chief of the newspaper (2007-2008), stated that after the parliamentary and presidential elections of 2007 and 2008, "it was then that we found ourselves at the forefront of this campaign, and it was through us that the toughest propaganda materials passed, as a result of which the word 'Vzglyad' itself became negative in blogs and social networks" and that the work of the site was supervised at monthly intervals by Rykov and then by
Alexei Chesnakov, the deputy head of the internal policy department of the Russian President.
Since 2013 the owner of the publication has been the Institute for Socio-Economic and Political Studies (ISEPI), headed by former deputy head of the internal policy department of the presidential administration Dmitri Badovsky. Since August 17, 2017, the publication has been under the control of the Expert Institute for Social Research, which is associated with the Russian Presidential Administration headed by
Anton Vaino
Anton Eduardovich Vaino (russian: Антон Эдуардович Вайно; born 17 February 1972) is a Russian diplomat and politician of Estonian descent. Currently he is the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office. Vaino is the ...
.
At the same time, Aleksei Sharavskyi, who had been heading the publication for ten years, was replaced by Konstantin Kondrashin as the editor-in-chief of the publication. In March 2020, ''Vzglyad'' published an article by journalist and political analyst Alexander Malkevich accusing Wikipedia editorial staff of an information war against Russia. As evidence, the political scientist pointed out that in Wikipedia, under the pretext of vandalism, the article "Sale of the administration of Russian-speaking Wikipedia", created by the pro-government project "Anti-Propaganda" was removed.
Chief editors
*Alexey Goreslavsky (2005-2006)
*Alexander Shmelev (2007-2008)
*Alexey Sharavsky (2008-2018)
*Konstantin Kondrashin (since 2018)
References
Russian news websites
2005 establishments in Russia
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