The Moscow Times

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The Moscow Times
TypeOnline newspaper, formerly also print
Owner(s)Derk Sauer[1]
Founder(s)Derk Sauer
PublisherAlexander Gubsky [ru][2][3]
Cultural editorMichele A. Berdy
Founded1992; 32 years ago (1992)
Language
Ceased publication2017 (print)
HeadquartersAmsterdam (2022–)
Moscow (1992–2022)
Circulation35,000 (2015)[4]
Sister newspapersThe St. Petersburg Times (1993–2014)
OCLC number1097137921
Websitethemoscowtimes.com

The Moscow Times is an Amsterdam-based independent English-language and Russian-language online newspaper.[5] It was in print in Russia from 1992 until 2017 and was distributed free of charge at places frequented by English-speaking tourists and expatriates, such as hotels, cafés, embassies, and airlines, and also by subscription. The newspaper was popular among foreign citizens residing in Moscow and English-speaking Russians.[6] In November 2015, the newspaper changed its design and type from daily to weekly (released every Thursday) and increased the number of pages to 24.

The newspaper became online-only in July 2017 and launched its Russian-language service in 2020. In 2022, its headquarters were relocated to Amsterdam in the Netherlands in response to restrictive media laws enacted in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. On 15 April 2022, the Russian-language website of The Moscow Times was blocked in Russia.[7][8] In 2023, the Ministry of Justice of Russia designated the paper as a "foreign agent".[9] On Jule 10, 2024 the office of the Russian Prosecutor General announced that the newspaper was declared an undesirable organization.[10]

Some American foreign correspondents started their careers at the paper, including Ellen Barry, who later became The New York Times' Moscow bureau chief.[11]

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  2. ^ "The Moscow Times – 30 years". Rode Hoed. 30 November 2022.
  3. ^ Губский, Александр (28 December 2022). "Благодарственное письмо издателя The Moscow Times" [Letter of Appreciation from The Moscow Times Publisher]. moscowtimes.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. ^ Hobson, Peter (30 April 2015). "Russian Businessman Buys The Moscow Times". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  5. ^ Luhn, Alec (6 November 2015). "Russia's last independent English newspaper ends daily edition". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. ^ Richardson, Dan. (2001). The Rough Guide to Moscow. Rough Guides. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-85828-700-3.
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  9. ^ "Russia designates The Moscow Times newspaper a 'foreign agent'". Reuters. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  10. ^ Генпрокуратура РФ объявила издание The Moscow Times «нежелательной» организацией
  11. ^ Luhn, Alec (5 February 2015). "Hackers target Russian newspaper site accused of being anti-Putin". The Guardian. Moscow. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017.