' (russian: Российская газета, lit. Russian Gazette) is a Russian

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published by the

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. The

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serves as the official

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of the Government of the

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, publishing government-related affairs such as official

decree A decree is a legal proclamation, usually issued by a head of state (such as the president of a republic or a monarch), according to certain procedures (usually established in a constitution). It has the force of law. The particular term used ...

s, statements and documents of state bodies, the

promulgation Promulgation is the formal proclamation or the declaration that a new statutory or administrative law is enacted after its final approval. In some jurisdictions, this additional step is necessary before the law can take effect. After a new law ...

of newly approved laws, Presidential decrees, and government announcements.

History

''Rossiyskaya Gazeta'' was founded in 1990 by the

Supreme Soviet The Supreme Soviet (russian: Верховный Совет, Verkhovny Sovet, Supreme Council) was the common name for the legislative bodies (parliaments) of the Soviet socialist republics (SSR) in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USS ...

of the

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

during the ''

glasnost ''Glasnost'' (; russian: link=no, гласность, ) has several general and specific meanings – a policy of maximum openness in the activities of state institutions and freedom of information, the inadmissibility of hushing up problems, ...

'' reforms in

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

, shortly before the country dissolved in 1991. ''Rossiyskaya Gazeta'' became official government newspaper of the

, replacing '' Izvestia'' and ''

Sovetskaya Rossiya ''Sovetskaya Rossiya'' (russian: Советская Россия, ''Soviet Russia'') is a political newspaper in Russia. It kept its name after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991 and presently presents itself as a leftist inde ...

'' newspapers, which were both

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after the Soviet Union's dissolution. The role of ''Rossiyskaya Gazeta'' is determined by the

Law of the Russian Federation The primary and fundamental statement of laws in the Russian Federation is the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Hierarchy Constitutionism Adopted by national referendum on 12 December 1993 with 54.5% of the vote, the Constitution took ...

N 5-FZ, dated 14 June 1994 and entitled "''On the Procedure of Publication and Enactment of Federal Constitutional Laws, Federal Laws and Acts of the Houses of the Federal Assembly''", by the Decrees of the President of the Russian Federation, dated 23 May 1996 No. 763, "''On the Procedure of Publication and Enactment of the Acts of the President of the Russian Federation, of the

, and Statutory Legal Acts of the Federal Executive Authorities''", as well as that dated 13 August 1998 No. 963, "On Adoption of Amendments to the

Decree A decree is a legal proclamation, usually issued by a head of state (such as the president of a republic or a monarch), according to certain procedures (usually established in a constitution). It has the force of law. The particular term used ...

of the President of the Russian Federation dated 23 May 1996 № 763, "On the Procedure of Publication and Enactment of the Acts of the President of the Russian Federation, of the Government of the Russian Federation, and Statutory Legal Acts of the Federal Executive Authorities". Until March 2017, ''Rossiyskaya Gazeta'' provided content to the Russia Direct website content.

Criticism

2007 Katyn controversy

The 18 September 2007 issue featured a sheet devoted to the Polish film '' Katyń'', directed by

Andrzej Wajda Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the ...

, about the 1940

Katyn massacre The Katyn massacre, "Katyń crime"; russian: link=yes, Катынская резня ''Katynskaya reznya'', "Katyn massacre", or russian: link=no, Катынский расстрел, ''Katynsky rasstrel'', "Katyn execution" was a series of m ...

. A short comment by Alexander Sabov was published, claiming that the widely accepted version of Soviet responsibility is based on a single dubious copy of a document, therefore evidence for it is not reliable. Subov's comment immediately provoked media frenzy in Poland, and on the following day the issue of the Polish newspaper ''

Gazeta Wyborcza ''Gazeta Wyborcza'' (; ''The Electoral Gazette'' in English) is a Polish daily newspaper based in Warsaw, Poland. It is the first Polish daily newspaper after the era of " real socialism" and one of Poland's newspapers of record, covering the ...

'' published relevant documents signed by

Lavrenty Beria Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (; rus, Лавре́нтий Па́влович Бе́рия, Lavréntiy Pávlovich Bériya, p=ˈbʲerʲiə; ka, ლავრენტი ბერია, tr, ; – 23 December 1953) was a Georgian Bolshevik ...

authorizing the massacre.

References

External links

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English-language information about the newspaper

Official website of ''Russia Beyond the Headlines''
English-language edition of the newspaper {{Russia topics 1990 establishments in Russia Government gazettes Government of Russia Mass media in Moscow Publications established in 1990 Russian-language newspapers published in Russia

History

Criticism

2007 Katyn controversy

See also

References

External links