''Russky Newsweek'' () or ''Newsweek Russia'' was a

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published in

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between 2004 and 2010 as the Russian edition of ''

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''. It was the first news magazine of Western origin published in the country.

History and profile

''Russky Newsweek'' was established in June 2004. The license of the magazine was held by the Axel Springer Russia, a subsidiary of

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. The magazine was published on a weekly basis by Axel Springer Russia. The weekly featured detailed articles some of which were critical of

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and served as the

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of ''Russky Newsweek''. Between 2009 and 2010

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was its political editor and deputy editor-in-chief.

Mikhail Fishman Mikhail Vladimirovich Fishman (; born 1972) is a Russian journalist and television presenter. He has anchored the TV Rain program «И так далее» ("And so on") since 2010. Fishman also wrote columns for ''Forbes'', ''Die Welt'' and the ...

was the last editor-in-chief. The magazine was printed in light weight coated paper provided by LEIPA. ''Russky Newsweek'' was the recipient of the Press Leaders-2008 award of the Association of Press Distributors in the category of general interest magazines. The last issue of ''Russky Newsweek'' was published on 18 October 2010 when it ceased publication due to economic reasons.

References

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