Pravda.ru
Type of site
Online newspaper
Available in
  • Russian
  • English
  • Portuguese
  • French
OwnerCJSC "Pravda.ru"
EditorDmitry Sudakov
URLwww.pravda.ru
CommercialYes
LaunchedJanuary 27, 1999
(24 years ago) (1999-01-27)
Current statusActive

Pravda.ru (Russian: Правда.Ру, lit. 'truth') formerly Pravda Online, is a Russian news website established in 1999 and owned by Pravda.ru Holding headed by Vadim Gorshenin.[1]

History

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the oldest Soviet paper founded in 1912, Pravda, split into two different papers. Significant members of the main editorial staff (Viktor Afanasiev, Gennady Seleznev, Yuri Zhukov, Vera Tkachenko and Vadim Gorshenin) left Pravda to form the online news and opinion website Pravda.ru.[2] Following a court case the Pravda name was allowed to be used by both the newspaper owned by the Communist Party of Russia and the Pravda.ru run by journalists associated with the defunct Soviet Pravda.[3][4]

According to politologist Stanislav Belkovsky, Pravda.ru is controlled by Konstantin Kostin and his wife Olga Kostina.[5] The Russian politician, Sergey Veremeenko also holds interests in Pravda.ru and Pravda International.[6] Pravda.ru was registered in November 1999 and has been published since January 27, 1999.[7] Pravda.ru also launched an English version (english.pravda.ru), a Portuguese version, as well as an Italian version.[8] The printed version was registered by the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Press, TV and Radio Broadcasting and Mass Communications on 17 November 2003.[9]

In 2007 Pravda.ru was classified as a popular leftist, nationalist news website by the Federation of American Scientists.[10]

McCain controversy

In 2013, after Russian President Vladimir Putin published an op-ed in The New York Times in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,[11] US senator John McCain announced that he would publish a response article in Pravda, referring to the newspaper owned by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. McCain, however, eventually published his op-ed on Pravda.ru.[12] This caused protests from the editor of communist Pravda Boris Komotsky and a response from the editor of Pravda.ru Dmitry Sudakov: Komotsky claimed that "there is only one Pravda in Russia, it is the organ of the Communist Party, and we have heard nothing about the intentions of the Republican senator" and dismissed Pravda.ru as an "Oklahoma-City-Pravda", while Sudakov derided Komotsky, claiming that "the circulation of the Communist Party Pravda is like a factory newspaper of AvtoVAZ from the Soviet times".[13][14][15] McCain later attempted to publish his op-ed in the Communist Pravda as well, but the paper refused to publish it "because it was not aligned to the political positions of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation".[16]

Controversy

The organization has been accused of supporting the Russian government's position on various subjects both within and outside the country and also of producing neo-Soviet, Russian nationalist news and outright conspiracy theories. The media outlet which is a part of a larger pro-Kremlin media holding is said to have created an algorithm for vetting media outlets in terms of their pro-government ideological standing.[17]

Pravda.ru has been known to produce tabloid style articles with outrageous claims in the headline, such as

According to former State Duma deputy Boris Nadezhdin, Pravda.ru is “a pro-Kremlin site that has been coming down on the opposition all the time”; according to Vladimir Pribylovsky, the site is maintained by the Department of Internal Policy of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation.[27]

In 2005, one of the correspondents of Pravda.ru was involved in the story of the attack of "Nashi" on the headquarters of the National Bolshevik Party.[27]

References

  1. ^ Lambroschini, Sophie (2003-11-04). "Russia: Pravda Versus Pravda: Which 'Truth' Will Prevail?". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Archived from the original on 2020-10-17. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  2. ^ Gorshenin, Vadim (September 16, 2013). "There is no Pravda. There is Pravda.Ru". english.pravda.ru. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  3. ^ "Dear Senator McCain: Pravda.ru is not Pravda". National Review. 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. ^ "ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA, Pravda: SOVIET NEWSPAPER". Archived from the original on 2020-07-11. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  5. ^ Называем Ходорковского серийным убийцей. gazeta.ru (in Russian). March 16, 2011. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  6. ^ Duffy, Ryan (July 8, 2013). "Portrait of a Russian Oligarch". Vice. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  7. ^ ""Правда.ру" впервые изменила логотип". www.sostav.ru. Archived from the original on 2020-10-17. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  8. ^ "ESI MANUAL, THE RUSSIAN DEBATE ON THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: WHO IS WHO?" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  9. ^ "Ретро-новости: Microsoft Office 2000, "Правда.ру", Международный день без интернета". 3DNews - Daily Digital Digest (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  10. ^ "Russia -- Source Descriptors of Key Russian Media" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  11. ^ Putin, Vladimir V. (2013-09-12). "Opinion | A Plea for Caution From Russia". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2020-12-09. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  12. ^ McCain, John (2013-09-19). "Senator John McCain: Russians deserve better than Putin". Pravda.ru. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21.
  13. ^ Guardian Staff (2013-09-19). "Which Pravda did John McCain write about Syria for?". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  14. ^ Sudakov, Dmitry (2013-09-16). "There is no Pravda. There is Pravda.Ru". Pravda.ru. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  15. ^ "McCain claim leaves Communist Party baffled | eNCA". eNCA. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  16. ^ Kopan, Tal (19 September 2013). "Truthfully, McCain in wrong Pravda". Politico. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015.
  17. ^ "The 20 Russian News Outlets You Need To Read Before They Get The Ax". Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  18. ^ "Aliens forced Americans out from the Moon". Pravda.ru. October 3, 2007. Archived from the original on October 21, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  19. ^ "Time Machine Built in Europe, Russian Scientists Say". Pravda.ru. August 6, 2010. Archived from the original on February 27, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  20. ^ "Time Can be Turned Back". Pravda.ru. March 1, 2004. Archived from the original on April 17, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  21. ^ "Alien and human skulls found on Mars". Pravda.ru. June 8, 2009. Archived from the original on July 21, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  22. ^ "Nuclear strike hits Yemen". Pravda.ru. May 29, 2015. Archived from the original on November 5, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  23. ^ "Boriska, boy from Mars, says that all humans live eternally". Pravda.ru. March 5, 2008. Archived from the original on November 2, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  24. ^ "Autotrophs: new kind of humans appears who neither drink nor eat". Pravda.ru. June 8, 2009. Archived from the original on November 5, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  25. ^ "Nazi Germany achieved its technological advantage with aliens' help". Pravda.ru. May 25, 2007. Archived from the original on November 25, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  26. ^ "Решение по Киеву принято: его уничтожат, чтобы русским не достался". Pravda.ru. November 2, 2022. Archived from the original on November 5, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  27. ^ a b Svetova, Zoya (2012-08-27). "Тени из прошлого" [Shadows from the past]. The New Times (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2020-05-20. Retrieved 2020-10-06.

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