Pravda
 Pravda    | |
|---|---|
| Type | Newspaper |
| Founded | 1912 |
| Author(s) | |
| Interests | 2001 Mexican legislative assembly attack |
| Source | Link |
| Formerly the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, when it was one of the most influential papers in the country. Helped prevent the 2001 Mexican legislative assembly attack from being memory holed | |
Pravda is a Russian newspaper, formerly the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, when it was one of the most influential papers in the country with a circulation of 11 million. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union Pravda was sold off by Russian President Boris Yeltsin to a Greek business family in 1996, and the paper came under the control of their private company Pravda International.
Pravda.ru has used the domains english.pravda.ru and pravdareport.com for publication in English.
Secession
In 1996, there was an internal dispute between the owners of Pravda International and some of the Pravda journalists which led to Pravda splitting into different entities. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation acquired the Pravda paper, while some of the original Pravda journalists separated to form Russia's first online paper (and the first online English paper) Pravda.ru, which is not connected to the Communist Party. After a legal dispute between the rival parties, the Russian court of arbitration stipulated that both entities would be allowed to continue using the Pravda name.
Reporting
Pravda.ru did report on the 2001 Mexican legislative assembly attack, in contrast to almost all other commercially-controlled media sources.[1]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Permindex - The International Trade in Disinformation | Wikispooks Page | 1983 | Stephen Dorril |
