{{Short description|Russian analytical online magazine}} {{Infobox website | name = Republic | type = Magazine | language = Russian language | predecessor = Slon.ru | country_of_origin = Russia | owner = Moscow Digital Media | founder = Leonid Bershidsky | editor = Zinaida Pronchenko | key_people = Natalya Sindeyeva, Dmitry Kolezev | employees = 42 (as of 2014) | parent = Moscow Digital Media | url = {{URL|republicmag.io/}} | commercial = Yes | registration = Optional | launch_date = {{Start date and age|2009|05|18}} | current_status = Active }}
'''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.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2021-10-15|title=Russia adds 2 more publishers to 'foreign agents' list|url=https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-media-moscow-3ed1a17eb245acdead00fc0841296b83|access-date=2021-10-15|website=Associated Press|location=Moscow}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Republic.ru|url=https://republic.ru/about|access-date=2021-10-16|website=republic.ru|language=ru}}</ref>
== History ==
=== Slon === The Slon.ru website was launched on 18 May 2009. The website's name Slon ({{Langx|ru|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.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Falyakhov|first=Rustem|date=2010-04-15|title=Половина редакции «Слона» уходит из издания из-за его нового формата|trans-title=Half of the Slon editorial staff are leaving the publication because of its new format|url=https://www.gazeta.ru/business/2010/04/15/3351912.shtml|access-date=2021-10-15|website=Gazeta.Ru|language=ru}}</ref> Slon authors stated that its mission is to show "the whole elephant" to its readers.<ref name=":1" /> The website mainly publishes materials about politics, economics and business.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2016-11-06|title=Slon Magazine превратился в Republic|trans-title=Slon Magazine turned into Republic|url=https://meduza.io/news/2016/11/06/slon-magazine-prevratilsya-v-republic|access-date=2021-10-16|website=Meduza|language=ru}}</ref>
The first editor-in-chief and executive director of Slon.ru was the<!-- Please do not add "Berlin-based" or "who is currently based in Berlin". Bershidsky worked at Slon from 2009 to 2011. The fact that Bershidsky has been living in Germany since 2014 has nothing to do with this article. --> Russian journalist and publisher Leonid Bershidsky.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leonid Bershidsky |date=2019-01-02 |title=Leonid Bershidsky: Europe should woo Russia when Putin's gone |url=https://www.twincities.com/2019/01/02/leonid-bershidsky-europe-should-woo-russia-when-putins-gone/ |website=St. Paul Pioneer Press, Bloomberg |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2009-05-18 |title=Леонид Бершидский открыл деловую "фабрику мнений" |trans-title=Leonid Bershidsky opened a business "opinion factory" |url=https://lenta.ru/news/2009/05/18/slon/ |access-date=2021-10-15 |website=Lenta.ru |language=ru}}</ref> Among the first employees of Slon.ru were Russian journalists {{Not translated|Alexander Gordeev|ru|Гордеев, Александр Александрович}}, Olga Romanova, former deputy editor-in-chief of ''SmartMoney'' magazine Yuri Granovsky and former editor-in-chief of ''Russky Newsweek'' magazine Dmitry Kuznets.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=2009-02-09|title=Леонид Бершидский объявил о запуске интернет-СМИ "Слон"|trans-title=Leonid Bershidsky announced the launch of the Slon online media|url=https://lenta.ru/news/2009/02/09/slon/|access-date=2021-10-16|website=Lenta.ru|language=ru}}</ref> The main shareholders are Russian media managers Natalya Sindeyeva and {{Not translated|Alexander Vinokurov (entrepreneur)|lt=Alexander Vinokurov|ru|Винокуров, Александр Иванович (предприниматель)}}.<ref name=":4" />
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.<ref name=":1" /> On 18 February 2011, Bershidsky announced that he had left Slon.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-02-18|title=Леонид Бершидский покинул "Слон"|trans-title=Leonid Bershidsky left Slon|url=https://lenta.ru/news/2011/02/18/bersh/|access-date=2021-10-16|website=Lenta.ru|language=ru}}</ref> Since the summer of 2014, the website has been working on a paid subscription basis.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Baklanov|first=Aleksandr|date=2016-11-06|title=Slon Magazine сменил название на Republic|trans-title=Slon Magazine changed its name to Republic|url=https://snob.ru/selected/entry/116079|access-date=2021-10-16|website=snob.ru|language=ru}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Khabibrakhimov|first=Albert|date=2018-10-19|title=Издание Republic станет группой онлайн-журналов на единой платформе|trans-title=Republic will become a group of online magazines on a single platform|url=https://vc.ru/media/48606-izdanie-republic-stanet-gruppoy-onlayn-zhurnalov-na-edinoy-platforme|access-date=2021-10-16|website=vc.ru|language=ru}}</ref>
=== 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.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kashulinsky|first=Maxim|date=2016-11-06|title=Slon сменил имя на Republic|trans-title=Slon changed his name to Republic|url=https://republic.ru/posts/75816|access-date=2021-10-16|website=republic.ru|language=ru}}</ref> In August 2016, {{Not translated|Irina Malkova|ru|Малкова, Ирина Владимировна}}, a Russian journalist and former deputy editor-in-chief of RBC, became the editor-in-chief of the magazine.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" /> In 2018, Republic was transformed into a platform for a group of online magazines.<ref name=":6" />
In June 2021, Russian journalist Dmitry Kolezev became the chief editor.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|last=Plyusnina|first=Maria|date=2021-06-02|title=Главным редактором Republic назначен Дмитрий Колезев|trans-title=Dmitry Kolezev has been appointed Chief Editor of Republic|url=https://www.znak.com/2021-06-02/glavnym_redaktorom_republic_naznachen_dmitriy_kolezev|access-date=2021-10-16|website=znak.com|language=ru|archive-date=2021-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627175255/https://www.znak.com/2021-06-02/glavnym_redaktorom_republic_naznachen_dmitriy_kolezev|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 15 October 2021, Moscow Digital Media was labelled as a 'foreign agent' in Russia.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-15|title=Russia Labels Two More Media Entities 'Foreign Agents'|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-media-foreigh-agents-laws/31512223.html|access-date=2021-10-16|website=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty}}</ref> In response, Kolezev said that he did not know why the Russian authorities decided to do it.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-10-15|title=Минюст России включил в реестр иностранных агентов издания "Росбалт" и Republic|language=ru|trans-title=The Russian Ministry of Justice has included the publications Rosbalt and Republic in the register of foreign agents|work=BBC News Russian|url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-58931084|access-date=2021-10-16}}</ref> He also said that Republic does not have foreign financing: "... it only exists thanks to subscribers' money".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-10-16|title=Russia's Doublespeak On Media: 2 More Outlets Designated "Foreign Agents"|url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/russias-doublespeak-on-media-2-more-outlets-designated-foreign-agents-2577045|access-date=2021-10-16|website=NDTV}}</ref>
=== Awards === In 2010, the website won first place in the Information Site of the Year category in the {{Not translated|ROTOP|ru|РОТОР}} (Russian Online TOP) competition.<ref>{{Cite web|title=РОТОР 2010: 9. Информационный сайт года|trans-title=ROTOR 2010: 9. Information site of the year|url=http://ezhe.ru/POTOP/results.html?do=res;2010;9|access-date=2021-10-16|website=ezhe.ru|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Orudzhaliev|first=Artur|date=2010-09-27|title=Названы победители российского сетевого конкурса РОТОР 2010|trans-title=The winners of the Russian network competition ROTOP 2010 have been announced|url=https://ain.ua/2010/09/27/nazvany-pobediteli-rossijskogo-setevogo-konkursa-rotor-2010/|access-date=2021-10-16|website=ain.ua|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-07-22|title=Бывший главный редактор журнала «Финанс» Андрей Горянов вышел на работу в Slon.ru|trans-title=Former editor-in-chief of Finance magazine Andrey Goryanov joined Slon.ru|url=https://republic.ru/posts/1603852|access-date=2021-10-16|website=republic.ru|language=ru}}</ref>
In 2010, the {{Not translated|Butyrka-blog|ru|Бутырка-блог|uk|Бутирка-блоґ}} diary published on the Slon.ru website won the online voting in the Best Blog nomination in The Best of Blogs (BOBs) competition.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Petrenko|first=Tatiana|date=2010-04-15|editor-last=Kobyakov|editor-first=Andrey|title=Конкурс блогов The BOBs: русскоязычные блоги победили в трех номинациях|trans-title=The BOBs blog competition: Russian-language blogs won in three nominations|url=https://www.dw.com/ru/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81-%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2-the-bobs-%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5-%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D0%B2-%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%85-%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%85/a-5468933|access-date=2021-10-16|website=Deutsche Welle|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chitaya|first=Dmitriy|date=2010-04-17|title=Награда блогеру|trans-title=Blogger award|url=https://lenta.ru/articles/2010/04/17/blogs/|access-date=2021-10-16|website=Lenta.ru|language=ru}}</ref>
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".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Черная касса. Как за 25 лет из страны вывели триллион долларов. История банковской системы Росcии – по материалам уголовных дел|url=https://redkollegia.org/archives/text/chernaya-kassa-kak-za-25-let-iz-strany-vyveli-trillion-dollarov-istoriya-bankovskoj-sistemy-roscii-po-materialam-ugolovnyh-del|access-date=2021-10-16|website=Redkollegia|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-01-18|title=Спецкор «Фонтанки» Ирина Тумакова получила премию «Редколлегии»|trans-title=Fontanka's special correspondent Irina Tumakova received the Redkollegia award|url=https://www.fontanka.ru/2017/01/18/109/|access-date=2021-10-16|website=fontanka.ru|language=ru}}</ref>
== Chief editors == May 2009-18 February 2011: Leonid Bershidsky<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-03-14|title="Слон" возглавил бывший главный редактор Forbes|trans-title=Slon is headed by the former editor-in-chief of Forbes|url=https://lenta.ru/news/2011/03/14/slon/|access-date=2021-10-16|website=Lenta.ru|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Бахарев |first1=Игорь |last2=Геращенко |first2=Екатерина |last3=Фаляхов |first3=Рустем |date=2011-02-18 |title=Головой качает «Слон»... |trans-title="Elephant" shakes his head... |url=https://www.gazeta.ru/business/2011/02/18/3530994.shtml |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=Gazeta.Ru |language=ru}}</ref>
March 2011-August 2011: {{Not translated|Yuri Saprykin|ru|Сапрыкин, Юрий Геннадьевич}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-03-18|title=Юрий Сапрыкин назначен главным редактором Slon.ru|trans-title=Yuri Saprykin has been appointed editor-in-chief of Slon.ru|url=https://www.forbes.ru/news/65164-yurii-saprykin-naznachen-glavnym-redaktorom-slonru|access-date=2021-10-16|website=Forbes|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-09-20|title=Сайт Slon сменил дизайн и придумал себе слоган|trans-title=Slon changed its design and came up with a slogan|url=https://lenta.ru/news/2011/09/20/slon/|access-date=2021-10-16|website=Lenta.ru}}</ref>
August 2011-October 2014: {{Not translated|Andrey Goryanov|ru|Горянов, Андрей Валерьевич}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-10-27|title=Главный редактор Slon.ru ушел в русскую службу Би-би-си|trans-title=The editor-in-chief of Slon.ru left for the Russian service of the BBC|url=https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/544e35b8cbb20f033baa0ed4|access-date=2021-10-16|website=RBK Group|language=ru}}</ref>
November 2014-August 2016: {{Not translated|Maxim Kashulinsky|ru|Кашулинский, Максим Владимирович}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-12-24|title=Александр Винокуров стал гендиректором Slon.ru|trans-title=Alexander Vinokurov became the CEO of Slon.ru|url=https://www.forbes.ru/news/276471-aleksandr-vinokurov-stal-gendirektorom-slonru|access-date=2021-10-16|website=Forbes|language=ru}}</ref>
August 2016-July 2017: Irina Malkova<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|date=2017-07-10|title=Главный редактор Republic и ее заместители покидают издание|trans-title=The editor-in-chief of the Republic and her deputies leave the publication|url=https://polit.ru/news/2017/07/10/republic/|access-date=2021-10-16|website=polit.ru|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ирина Малкова|trans-title=Irina Malkova|url=https://republic.ru/authors/100261|access-date=2021-10-16|website=republic.ru|language=ru}}</ref>
August 2017-October 2018: {{Not translated|Maxim Kashulinsky|ru|Кашулинский, Максим Владимирович}}<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-09-13|title=В Republic сменится главный редактор|trans-title=The editor-in-chief will change in Republic|url=http://adindex.ru/news/hr/2018/09/13/174228.phtml|access-date=2021-10-16|website=AdIndex|language=ru}}</ref>
9 June 2021-April 2025: Dmitry Kolezev<ref name=":7" />
Since April 2025: Zinaida Pronchenko<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|url=https://republic.ru/contact|title=Republic|lang=ru|website=republic.ru|access-date=2025-07-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/live/3kEg_-A7iRk?t=1214s|title=«Глупые люди — тоже часть жизни»: Пронченко о французском кино, эмиграции и светской жизни в России|last=Это Осетинская!|date=2025-07-16|access-date=2025-07-16}}</ref>
== References == <references />
Category:Internet properties established in 2009 Category:Media listed in Russia as foreign agents Category:Political websites Category:Russian news websites Category:Russian-language websites