Regnum

Aktivs

As of August 2012, Regnum broadcasting covers all regions of Russia and neighboring states of Europe, Central Asia and Transcaucasia.

IA Regnum owns news agencies (August 2012):

• Regnum-Baltika (St. Petersburg),
• Regnum-Arkhangelsk News (Arkhangelsk),
• Regnum-Center (Bryansk),
• Regnum-Belarus (Moscow-Minsk),
• regional projects Regnum-MurmanNews (Murmansk),
• Regnum-MariNews (Yoshkar-Ola),
• Regnum-Altai (Barnaul), etc.

Performance indicators

2009

1st place in the TOP 100 Internet Media 2009 (the rating of the 100 most mentioned Internet media is based on data obtained by the Webscan N&P operational monitoring system from June 1, 2008 to June 1, 2009)

History

The Regnum news agency was founded on July 22, 2002 by Boris Sorkin and Modest Kolerov (the Regnum agency system began operations on June 19, 1999).

From the foundation of the agency until March 22, 2003, its editor-in-chief was Kolerov, then he was replaced by Konstantin Kazenin.

From November 2007 to August 2009, the chief editor of the agency was Vigen Hakobyan, who was again replaced by Modest Kolerov.

2011

Estonian security police and some Baltic journalists accused the agency of being politicized and of being an instrument of Russian political influence on former USSR countries. Thus, the Estonian Security Police believe that Regnum "is not an ordinary news agency; it is controlled by Russia's top officials and intelligence agencies, and it is used to influence the situation in states that were previously within Moscow's sphere of influence. " Latvian journalist Inara Murniece claims that "Regnum actively defended the Kremlin's policy during the Russian-Georgian war, gives unilateral information about the processes in Moldova, Ukraine and elsewhere, and uses the issue of" compatriots "as a cover to advance Russia's political interests^[1]. In an editorial, the Estonian newspaper Postimees Regnum is called the "agent of influence" of Russia, whose information should not be trusted. The article said that Western news agencies use only the messages of more professional Interfax, ITAR-TASS and RIA-Novosti, which, however, according to the author of the article, "can also be with a shift^[2].

On December 8, 2010, three news agencies - Interfax, ITAR-TASS and RIA Novosti -, citing an unnamed source in the Russian presidential administration, published critical information about the Regnum agency. It was claimed that 'for' Regnum '... it became characteristic not only to distort the facts, but also to deliberately distort them, "it was recommended" to be critical of the information of the Regnum agency regarding Russia's actions in the CIS space. " The material also contained negative statements about Modest Kolerov. Regnum claims that the presidential administration was unable to indicate the source^[3] this^[4]. On December 27, Kolerov filed a lawsuit against Interfax in the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow to protect honor, dignity and business^[5]

Critics in Tatarstan consider the information regarding the Tatars and Tatarstan, the agency mainly presents from the negative side and often distorts the facts.^[6]

2012: Vigen Hakobyan succeeds Modest Kolerov as chief editor

On May 10, 2012, the agency posted on its website information according to which the Cypriot company, whose name and beneficiary are not disclosed, acquired a stake in Regnum news agency, in connection with which Modest Kolerov left the agency, and Vigen Hakobyan again became the new editor-in-chief of the agency.

On August 8, 2012, the Latvian Foreign Ministry announced the ex-head of Regnum Modest Kolerov and deputy chief editor of this agency Igor Pavlovsky persona non grata, accusing them of activities "aimed at undermining the interests of Latvia, including territorial integrity and economic security." In response, Pavlovsky published an open letter to Latvian Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevich on the Regnum website, in which he called the statements that Regnum opposes Latvia "lies" and asked the Foreign Minister to provide him with specific charges^[7].

On August 9, 2012, the Russian Foreign Ministry, in turn, stated that the decision of the Latvian authorities to ban Kolerov and Pavlovsky from entering the country was perplexing, contradicted Riga's official statements about its intention to cooperate with the Russian Federation, and also violated the principles of democracy and freedom of speech.

On August 10, 2012, police investigators, at the request of Latvian law enforcement agencies, conducted investigative measures at the office of the Regnum news agency in southeastern Moscow.

During the investigative measures at the Regnum office, representatives of Moscow law enforcement agencies said, one interrogation was carried out, copies of the identity cards of two citizens were seized and the company received a response to a police request.

At the same time, the Latvian Foreign Ministry denies the involvement of the authorities of this country in the search in Regnum, according to the Latvian portal Mixnews. "The Foreign Ministry has not made such requests, in addition, we have no information that other Latvian structures have made such requests to Russia," Mixnews quotes a statement by Latvian Foreign Ministry spokesman Janis Silis.

2022: Suspension of work due to conflict with the owner of the management company

On November 1, 2022, it became known that the Regnum news agency suspended work due to a conflict with the owner of the management company.

Documents

• Media registration certificates El No. 77-6430 of August 6, 2002 and IA No. FS77-23686 of March 22, 2006.
• Regnum is a registered trademark: certificate No. 262482.

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