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Republic (previously known as Slon or Slon.ru) is a Russian analytical online magazine that mainly covers politics, business and economics. It is published by the Moscow Digital Media private limited company.[1][2]

History

Slon

The Slon.ru website was launched on 18 May 2009. The website's name Slon (Russian: Слон, lit. 'Elephant') is a reference to the blind men and an elephant parable, in which blind people disagreed about what the elephant looked like.[3][4] Slon authors stated that its mission is to show "the whole elephant" to its readers.[4] The website mainly publishes materials about politics, economics and business.[5]

The first editor-in-chief and executive director of Slon.ru was the Russian journalist and publisher Leonid Bershidsky.[6][3] Among the first employees of Slon.ru were Russian journalists Alexander Gordeev [ru], Olga Romanova, former deputy editor-in-chief of SmartMoney magazine Yuri Granovsky and former editor-in-chief of Russky Newsweek magazine Dmitry Kuznets.[3][7] The main shareholders are Russian media managers Natalya Sindeyeva and Alexander Vinokurov [ru].[7]

In 2010, the website changed its format; the main goal was to move towards the creation of an expert platform. The move was inspired by the concept of the Slate online magazine.[4] On 18 February 2011, Bershidsky announced that he had left Slon.[5][8] Since the summer of 2014, the website has been working on a paid subscription basis.[9][10]

Republic

On 6 November 2016, it was announced that the website had changed its name to Republic. The change also included a new design and three additional sections; the sphere of interest of the magazine has expanded to the topics of science and technology.[5][11] In August 2016, Irina Malkova [ru], a Russian journalist and former deputy editor-in-chief of RBC, became the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[5][9] In 2018, Republic was transformed into a platform for a group of online magazines.[10]

In June 2021, Russian journalist Dmitry Kolezev became the chief editor.[12] On 15 October 2021, Moscow Digital Media was labelled as a 'foreign agent' in Russia.[1][13] In response, Kolezev said that he did not know why the Russian authorities decided to do it.[14] He also said that Republic does not have foreign financing: "... it only exists thanks to subscribers' money".[15]

Awards

In 2010, the website won first place in the Information Site of the Year category in the ROTOP [ru] (Russian Online TOP) competition.[16][17][18]

In 2010, the Butyrka-blog [ru; uk] diary published on the Slon.ru website won the online voting in the Best Blog nomination in The Best of Blogs (BOBs) competition.[19][20]

In January 2017, Republic journalist Siranush Sharoyan received the Redkollegia media award for her article "Black Cash. How a Trillion Dollars Was Withdrawn from the Country in 25 Years. The History of the Russian Banking System - Based on Criminal Cases".[21][22]

Chief editors

May 2009-18 February 2011: Leonid Bershidsky[23][24]

March 2011-August 2011: Yuri Saprykin [ru][25][26]

August 2011-October 2014: Andrey Goryanov [ru][27]

November 2014-August 2016: Maxim Kashulinsky [ru][28]

August 2016-July 2017: Irina Malkova[29][30]

August 2017-October 2018: Maxim Kashulinsky [ru][29][31]

9 June 2021-present: Dmitry Kolezev[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Russia adds 2 more publishers to 'foreign agents' list". Associated Press. Moscow. 2021-10-15. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  2. ^ "Republic.ru". republic.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  3. ^ a b c "Леонид Бершидский открыл деловую "фабрику мнений"" [Leonid Bershidsky opened a business "opinion factory"]. Lenta.ru (in Russian). 2009-05-18. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  4. ^ a b c Falyakhov, Rustem (2010-04-15). "Половина редакции «Слона» уходит из издания из-за его нового формата" [Half of the Slon editorial staff are leaving the publication because of its new format]. Gazeta.Ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  5. ^ a b c d "Slon Magazine превратился в Republic" [Slon Magazine turned into Republic]. Meduza (in Russian). 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  6. ^ Leonid Bershidsky (2019-01-02). "Leonid Bershidsky: Europe should woo Russia when Putin's gone". St. Paul Pioneer Press, Bloomberg.
  7. ^ a b "Леонид Бершидский объявил о запуске интернет-СМИ "Слон"" [Leonid Bershidsky announced the launch of the Slon online media]. Lenta.ru (in Russian). 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  8. ^ "Леонид Бершидский покинул "Слон"" [Leonid Bershidsky left Slon]. Lenta.ru (in Russian). 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  9. ^ a b Baklanov, Aleksandr (2016-11-06). "Slon Magazine сменил название на Republic" [Slon Magazine changed its name to Republic]. snob.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  10. ^ a b Khabibrakhimov, Albert (2018-10-19). "Издание Republic станет группой онлайн-журналов на единой платформе" [Republic will become a group of online magazines on a single platform]. vc.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  11. ^ Kashulinsky, Maxim (2016-11-06). "Slon сменил имя на Republic" [Slon changed his name to Republic]. republic.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  12. ^ a b Plyusnina, Maria (2021-06-02). "Главным редактором Republic назначен Дмитрий Колезев" [Dmitry Kolezev has been appointed Chief Editor of Republic]. znak.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  13. ^ "Russia Labels Two More Media Entities 'Foreign Agents'". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 2021-10-15. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  14. ^ "Минюст России включил в реестр иностранных агентов издания "Росбалт" и Republic" [The Russian Ministry of Justice has included the publications Rosbalt and Republic in the register of foreign agents]. BBC News Russian (in Russian). 2021-10-15. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  15. ^ "Russia's Doublespeak On Media: 2 More Outlets Designated "Foreign Agents"". NDTV. 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  16. ^ "РОТОР 2010: 9. Информационный сайт года" [ROTOR 2010: 9. Information site of the year]. ezhe.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  17. ^ Orudzhaliev, Artur (2010-09-27). "Названы победители российского сетевого конкурса РОТОР 2010" [The winners of the Russian network competition ROTOP 2010 have been announced]. ain.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  18. ^ "Бывший главный редактор журнала «Финанс» Андрей Горянов вышел на работу в Slon.ru" [Former editor-in-chief of Finance magazine Andrey Goryanov joined Slon.ru]. republic.ru (in Russian). 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  19. ^ Petrenko, Tatiana (2010-04-15). Kobyakov, Andrey (ed.). "Конкурс блогов The BOBs: русскоязычные блоги победили в трех номинациях" [The BOBs blog competition: Russian-language blogs won in three nominations]. Deutsche Welle (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  20. ^ Chitaya, Dmitriy (2010-04-17). "Награда блогеру" [Blogger award]. Lenta.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  21. ^ "Черная касса. Как за 25 лет из страны вывели триллион долларов. История банковской системы Росcии – по материалам уголовных дел". Redkollegia (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  22. ^ "Спецкор «Фонтанки» Ирина Тумакова получила премию «Редколлегии»" [Fontanka's special correspondent Irina Tumakova received the Redkollegia award]. fontanka.ru (in Russian). 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  23. ^ ""Слон" возглавил бывший главный редактор Forbes" [Slon is headed by the former editor-in-chief of Forbes]. Lenta.ru (in Russian). 2011-03-14. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  24. ^ Бахарев, Игорь; Геращенко, Екатерина; Фаляхов, Рустем (2011-02-18). "Головой качает «Слон»..." ["Elephant" shakes his head...]. Gazeta.Ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  25. ^ "Юрий Сапрыкин назначен главным редактором Slon.ru" [Yuri Saprykin has been appointed editor-in-chief of Slon.ru]. Forbes (in Russian). 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  26. ^ "Сайт Slon сменил дизайн и придумал себе слоган" [Slon changed its design and came up with a slogan]. Lenta.ru. 2011-09-20. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  27. ^ "Главный редактор Slon.ru ушел в русскую службу Би-би-си" [The editor-in-chief of Slon.ru left for the Russian service of the BBC]. RBK Group (in Russian). 2014-10-27. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  28. ^ "Александр Винокуров стал гендиректором Slon.ru" [Alexander Vinokurov became the CEO of Slon.ru]. Forbes (in Russian). 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  29. ^ a b "Главный редактор Republic и ее заместители покидают издание" [The editor-in-chief of the Republic and her deputies leave the publication]. polit.ru (in Russian). 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  30. ^ "Ирина Малкова" [Irina Malkova]. republic.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  31. ^ "В Republic сменится главный редактор" [The editor-in-chief will change in Republic]. AdIndex (in Russian). 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
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