Bakchich was a French

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founded in May 2006. It has some articles translated into English. The chief editor was , a former reporter at the satirical weekly ''

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''. Its name finds its origin in the

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word "

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", which means money given to corrupt an official in order to cut down redtape (i.e. a

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). The newspaper advocated a leftist allegiance. It went into administration in 2011 and the site registration expired in 2016.

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