{{Short description|Weekly Russian news magazine (2004–2010)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox magazine | image_file = | image_size = | image_caption = | publisher = Axel Springer | total_circulation = | circulation_year = | language = Russian | country = Russia | based = | firstdate = June 2004 | finaldate = 18 October 2010 | category = News magazine | frequency = Weekly | editor = Mikhail Fishman | editor_title = Editor-in-chief | issn = | oclc = }} '''''Russky Newsweek''''' ({{langx|ru|Русский Newsweek|italic=yes}}) or ''Newsweek Russia'' was a news magazine published in Russia between 2004 and 2010 as the Russian edition of ''Newsweek''. It was the first news magazine of Western origin published in the country.<ref name=mweek>{{cite news|title=Newsweek looks over old Iron Curtain|url=http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/article/516071/newsweek-looks-old-iron-curtain |access-date=21 December 2014|work=Mediaweek|date=8 June 2004}}</ref>
==History and profile== ''Russky Newsweek'' was established in June 2004.<ref name=svet>{{cite news|author=Svetlana Kononova|title=Memories of Newsweek|work=Russia Profile |url=http://russiaprofile.org/culture_living/a1288009625/print_edition/|access-date=21 December 2014|date=25 October 2010|archive-date=26 March 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326160742/http://russiaprofile.org/culture_living/a1288009625/print_edition/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Springer launches Russian edition of Newsweek|url=http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1151926/posts|access-date=21 December 2014|work=Free Republic|date=8 June 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Christopher H. Sterling|location=Los Angeles, CA; London |title=Encyclopedia of Journalism|page=1007|author-link=Christopher H. Sterling|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pLV1AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1007 |year=2009|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4522-6152-2}}</ref> The license of the magazine was held by the Axel Springer Russia, a subsidiary of Axel Springer AG.<ref name=asag>{{cite news|title=Axel Springer Russia: License agreement for NEWSWEEK will not be prolonged |work=Axel Springer AG|date=18 October 2010|url=http://www.axelspringer.de/en/presse/Axel-Springer-Russia-License-agreement-for-NEWSWEEK-will-not-be-prolonged_1527506.html|access-date=21 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Weekend with Russian Newsweek|access-date=4 March 2015 |url=http://www.balticweekend.com/en/news/weekend-with-%E2%80%9Crussian-newsweek%E2%80%9D:-famous-weekly-becomes-a-partner-of-the-conference |work=Baltic Weekend}}</ref> The magazine was published on a weekly basis by Axel Springer Russia.<ref>{{cite news|title=Newsweek Russia folds |access-date=21 December 2014|url=http://www.mandmglobal.com/international-media/19-10-10/newsweek-russia-folds.aspx|work=M&M Global|date=19 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221205203/http://www.mandmglobal.com/international-media/19-10-10/newsweek-russia-folds.aspx|archive-date=21 December 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The weekly featured detailed articles some of which were critical of Kremlin.<ref>{{cite news|title=Axel Springer shutters Russian edition of Newsweek|access-date=4 March 2015|work=The Local|url=http://www.thelocal.de/20101018/30579|date=18 October 2010}}</ref>
Leonid Parfyonov and {{Not translated|Alexander Gordeev|ru|Гордеев, Александр Александрович}} served as the editors-in-chief of ''Russky Newsweek''.<ref name=mweek/><ref name=svet/> Between 2009 and 2010 Mikhail Zygar was its political editor and deputy editor-in-chief.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Michael Rubin|author-link=Michael Rubin (historian)|title=Book review|journal=International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence|year=2018|volume=31|issue=2|page=389|doi=10.1080/08850607.2018.1418556|s2cid=158957302 }}</ref> Mikhail Fishman was the last editor-in-chief.<ref name=asag/> The magazine was printed in light weight coated paper provided by LEIPA.<ref>{{cite web|title=Recycled paper from Berlin used as raw material for "Lufthansa Magazin"|url=http://voith.com/en/twogether-article-27-en-12-lufthansa.pdf|work=Voith|access-date=5 June 2016}}</ref>
''Russky Newsweek'' was the recipient of the Press Leaders-2008 award of the Association of Press Distributors in the category of general interest magazines.<ref>{{cite news|title=Forbes (Russian edition), Russky Newsweek and ComputerBild are declared "Press Leaders-2008"|access-date=25 February 2017|url=http://www.axelspringer.de/en/artikel/Forbes-Russian-edition-Russky-Newsweek-and-ComputerBild-are-declared-quot-Press-Leaders-2008-quot-._543546.html|work=Axel Springer}}</ref>
The last issue of ''Russky Newsweek'' was published on 18 October 2010 when it ceased publication due to economic reasons.<ref name=svet/><ref name=asag/>
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