NEWSru

NEWSru.com (formerly NTVRU.com ) is a Russian news website.

History

Originally the side of the website of the Russian television channel NTV at the address was ntv.ru. In its present form it is since August 2000, when the thematic focus of the information about the sender NTV joined the publication of news. Operator of the site (which was originally commissioned by NTW ) the company Memonet, which belonged to the Media-Most holding company.

When the television station NTV was taken over under questionable circumstances by the State Gazprom - Media, Inc. in April 2001, the website was owned by Vladimir Gusinsky, previously owner of NTV, as they legally did not belong to the television station. In October 2002, the site was changed to newsru.com her name and address of ntv.ru. The address ntv.ru was left to the television station to use.

Editing

The main editorial office of NEWSru.com has its headquarters in Moscow. Since December 2005 there is also a presence in Israel, whose editorial page runs newsru.co.il, which is aimed at Russian-speaking Israelis. In April 2007, a branch office in Ukraine was established. These published on the site newsru.ua international and Ukrainian news in Russian and Ukrainian languages ​​.

Political orientation

In contrast to the dominant media in Russia (especially the major television ) is the site is not under direct or indirect influence of the Kremlin. To protect yourself against the access of government bodies, all the content on a server in the United States are stored.