''Segodnya'' ( rus, Сегодня, p=sʲɪˈvodʲnʲə, t=Today, a=Ru-сегодня.ogg) was a
Russian-language
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Ukrainian
tabloid newspaper
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Etymology
The word ''tabloid'' comes from the name given by the London-based pharmaceutical company Burroughs We ...
founded in 1997. While run from
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
, it was linked to
Donbass
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political and business groups;
its holding company is owned by
Rinat Akhmetov
Rinat Leonidovych Akhmetov, ; russian: Ринат Леонидович Ахметов, ; tt-Cyrl, Ринат Леонид улы Әхмәтов, translit=Rinat Leonid uly Äkhmätov (born on 21 September 1966) is a Ukrainian billionaire and b ...
's
Ukraina Media Group
Media Group Ukraine ( uk, Медіа Група «Україна») is a media holding company that manages System Capital Management Group's television and new media projects. The holding company is a professional investor in Ukrainian media bus ...
.
The paper supported former Prime Minister
Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych ( uk, Віктор Федорович Янукович, ; ; born 9 July 1950) is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of Di ...
for
the presidency in 2004. Since the "
Orange Revolution
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", the newspaper has moderated its pro-Eastern reporting under pressure from its own
journalist
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s.
''Segodnya'' was a member of the
Ukrainian Association of Press Publishers
The Ukrainian Association of Press Publishers (UAPP) is a voluntary non-governmental and non-profit organization of the publishers of periodic press – periodic print publications (newspapers and magazines).
UAPP announced its foundation on Mar ...
.
Censorship
In 2011, the paper's journalists threatened to go on strike after Chief Editor
Ihor Guzhva
Igor ( be, Ігар, Ihar ; russian: Игорь, Igor' ; sr-Cyrl, Игор ; uk, Ігор, Ihor ; ) is a common East Slavs, East Slavic given name derived from the Norsemen, Norse name Ingvar (name), Ingvar, that was brought to ancient Kievan ...
was controversially fired, and his replacement censored certain types of stories, and dictated to journalists how certain politicians and public figures should be covered. "
Olena Hromnytska is trying to implement corruption schemes for publishing paid articles ... and also to introduce censorship in the newspaper" the journalists' statement read. In particular, the statement said she ordered some stories removed from the website about Odesa Mayor
Oleksiy Kostusev Oleksii, Oleksiy or OleksiĭALA-LC romanization of Ukrainian. ( uk, Олексі́й, Oleksij ) is a Ukrainian male name of Ancient Greek origin.
Some people with the given name Oleksiy
* Oleksiy Antonov (born 1986), Ukrainian football forward
* ...
and presidential adviser
Hanna Herman
Hanna Mykolaivna Herman ( uk, Га́нна Микола́ївна Ге́рман) (born 24 April 1959; Lviv region, . She also mandated favorable coverage of certain politicians and public figures, the journalists say. The newspaper was even accused of publishing forged documents.
"Who forged the signatures on a letter to the president from the residents of Honchar Street"? (Russian)
Українська правда: Київ, 07.02.2012.
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Newspapers established in 1997
Russian-language newspapers published in Ukraine
Mass media in Kyiv
Mass media of the Euromaidan
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