Argumenty i Fakty
{{Short description|Russian weekly socio-political newspaper}}
{{expand Russian|Аргументы и факты|date=April 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
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| owners = Government of Moscow
| founder = All-Union Organisation "Knowledge"
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| foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1978|1|1}}
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| headquarters = Moscow, Russia
| circulation = 2,750,000 (February 2008)
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{{Lang|ru-latn|Argumenty i Fakty}} ({{langx|ru|link=no|Аргументы и факты}}, commonly abbreviated "АиФ" and translated as Arguments and Facts){{cite journal|title=The Russian Press after Perestroika|journal=Canadian Journal of Communication|year=1995|volume=20|issue=1|doi=10.22230/cjc.1995v20n1a842 |doi-access=free |author=Andrei G. Richter }} is a weekly newspaper based in Moscow and a publishing house in Russia and worldwide. Since 2014, it has been owned by the Government of Moscow.{{cite news|title=Московское правительство купило "Аргументы и факты"|url=http://lenta.ru/news/2014/03/11/aif/|newspaper=Lenta.ru|date=11 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719083751/https://lenta.ru/news/2014/03/11/aif/ |archive-date= Jul 19, 2022 }}
History and profile
It was founded in 1978 by the All-Union Organisation "Znanie" (Knowledge) and was published throughout the whole Soviet Union for lecturers, propagandists, political agitators. In 1980 AiF was transformed into a weekly but was available only by subscription. In late 1980s, it was one of the leading publications in the Glasnost period. AiF was listed in the Guinness Book of Records with the largest circulation of any weekly publication.{{cite web |title= About "Argumenty I Fakty" |website=АиФ |url=http://corp.aif.ru/page/89/|access-date=15 September 2011}} In 1990 it had a print run of 33.5 million.{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Russian Culture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tZHCAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA29 |publisher=Routledge|year=2013|first1=Tatiana |last1=Smorodinskaya |first2=Karen |last2=Evans-Romaine |first3=Helena |last3=Goscilo|isbn=978-1136787867|page=29}} With the fall of the Soviet Union, publication of it was discontinued in countries outside the Russian Federation. As of 2008, the circulation was about 3 million copies, with about 8 million readers. More specifically its February 2008 circulation was 2,750,000.{{cite news|title=Main papers|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4315129.stm|access-date=6 October 2013|work=BBC|date=16 May 2008}} During this time, it was owned by Promsvyazbank and the newspaper was edited by Nikolay Zyatkov.Alexei Bessudnov, "Media Map" (183–189), Index on Censorship, Volume 37, Number 1, 2008, p. 185.
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External links
- {{in lang|ru}} {{Official website|http://www.aif.ru}}
- [http://corp.aif.ru/page/89/ About Argumenty I Fakty]
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Category:1978 establishments in the Soviet Union
Category:Newspapers published in Moscow
Category:Newspapers published in the Soviet Union
Category:Newspapers established in 1978