Ex-Vedomosti Journalists’ VTimes News Website Goes Live

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Ex-Vedomosti Journalists’ VTimes News Website Goes Live - The Moscow Times

VTimes aims to continue Vedomosti’s tradition of independent and objective journalism for Russian-speaking readers.

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10/20/20
A group of former Vedomosti business daily senior editors and journalists has launched a new Russian-language news website Tuesday in partnership with The Moscow Times. The project came to life after the appointment of a pro-Kremlin editor-in-chief at Vedomosti sparked accusations of censorship and a mass resignation earlier this year. VTimes, which aims to continue Vedomosti’s tradition of independent and objective journalism, will be accessible via the Russian flag icon on The Moscow Times’ homepage.

“From this day on, you will proceed to the VTimes website when you click on the Russian flag on our website. There you will find an even wider selection of high-quality journalistic materials, including the best stories from The Moscow Times,” reads a banner on The Moscow Times’ Russian-language section. Vedomosti’s writers and editors had clashed with acting chief editor Andrei Shmarov, who they accused of banning negative coverage of President Vladimir Putin and his constitutional amendments.

The business daily Vedomosti (The Record) is published in both Russian and English and was the most respected business newspaper in Russia until it was purchased by a Putin-friendly oligarch. The oligarch installed a new Editor who forbade the staff from publishing any material critical of Putin or the Putin regime. The staff of Vedomosti resigned en-mass and worked to found a new Russian business daily - VTimes.

I wish the dedicated staff and brave journalists at the new VTimes all success in this endeavor! VTimes is partnered with The Moscow Times.

https://www.vtimes.io/ | https://www.instagram.com/vtimesmedia/ | @vtimesmedia are published in the Russian language and the Internet domain is registered in the British Indian Ocean Territory to bypass Kremlin censorship laws.