The newspaper “Union Veche” is a weekly print publication created in 2001. The founder of the newspaper is the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia (Chairman of the PS is Vyacheslav Volodin ). The weekly “Union Veche” is announced as a publication for open and public discussion of the integration process in the Union State of Belarus and Russia . The “Union veche” is positioned by the editors as one of the most massive and socially significant union media [1] [2] . On the territory of Russia, in all 85 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the newspaper is published as a tab in Komsomolskaya Pravda with a circulation of 300 thousand copies. On the territory of Belarus, the circulation is about 20 thousand copies.
Content
Creation
The decision on state registration of a non-profit organization was adopted on July 12, 2001 [3] . It has been included in the unified state register of legal entities of the Russian Federation since January 15, 2003.
Specialization
The publication publishes news and other relevant information regarding integration projects in the Union State, covers the activities of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia and the Standing Committee of the Union State , actively cooperates with the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Moscow and the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Minsk.
The newspaper publishes analytical articles and comments on current events and trends in Belarus and Russia, analyzes socio-economic phenomena, trends in the foreign and domestic policies of the two countries, highlights events organized by the Parliamentary Assembly and the Permanent Committee of the Union State, including cultural and youth projects. In addition, the newspaper publishes interviews with leading figures of culture and arts of the two countries, stars of show business, as well as articles on the development of the tourism potential of Russia and Belarus.
In addition to weekly issues, the editors are preparing ten special issues of the “Union veche” dedicated to various topics or events, as well as dedicated to any dates - “Victory Day”, “April 2 - Day of Unity of the Peoples of Belarus and Russia”, “Slavic Bazaar in Vitebsk ”, military-patriotic education of youth, the festival“ Youth for the Union State! ”, The development of tourism, etc. All special issues, as well as regular issues, are posted in PDF format on souzveche.ru .
Citation
The materials published in the newspaper are regularly mentioned in the media [4] [5] [6] , cited by politicians of Russia [7] and Belarus. [8] Independent experts often criticize the Union State media for low popularity, lack of professionalism, and low citation, directly pointing to the disproportion of budget spending to the resulting effect and lack of competitiveness in the media space [9] [10] .
Distribution
Distribution in Russia is carried out by the publishing house Komsomolskaya Pravda . On the territory of Belarus, the government’s Narodnaya Gazeta is distributing the publication. The newspaper is distributed free of charge [11] . The method of distribution in Belarus is through government agencies, free distribution at events organized by government agencies (meetings, conferences, round tables, exhibitions).
Website
The online publication souzveche.ru of the Non-governmental institution of the Editorial Board of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia “Union Veche” is registered with the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Communications (Certificate E No. FS77-52606 of January 25, 2013). The theme of the portal covers the most significant news, events and problems in the field of politics, economy, social sphere, science and culture of the Union State .
The news feed is updated in a daily format, articles, reports and interviews are published in the relevant sections and sections of the site. The site is not an “electronic mirror” of the weekly newspaper “Soyuznoye veche”, the online publication is an online media that not only contains materials of printed issues of the “Union vechea”, but also unique content in different sections - “News”, “Politics” ”,“ Economics: Integration ”,“ Union State ”,“ Interviews ”,“ Blogs ”,“ Sports ”,“ Tourism ”,“ Photo Fact ”and others. The site also features interactive and audiovisual content - informative quizzes in the "Tests" section, photo reports in the "Photos" section, and videos in the "Video" section. For the convenience of users, an interactive map-guide for tourist places of Russia and Belarus has been created.
Editorial
The editor-in-chief of the “Union veche” is Rakovskaya Larisa Pavlovna. The first deputy editor-in-chief is Kameka Svetlana Vladimirovna, the deputy editor-in-chief is Olga Sarukhanova (daughter of the Minister of Information of Belarus Lilia Ananich ) [12] . The editorial office is located in Moscow at Old Petrovsko-Razumovsky passage, 1/23.
Links
- The site of the newspaper of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia “Union veche”
- Kazakov: Allied media need to increase efficiency
- Union State brand: resetting information policy
- Nikolay Efimovich: Common information space of the SG requires development
- The newspaper of the Union of Russia and Belarus found five reasons to go to Omsk
Notes
- ↑ Union State media
- ↑ Union media on the website of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia
- ↑ Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia discussed the issue of financing the newspaper "Union Council"
- ↑ Daria Domracheva: I came back to win!
- ↑ Yeltsin’s personal bodyguard went to Lukashenko with a button accordion
- ↑ Rostov hockey player spoke about the game with Lukashenko!
- ↑ Senator Vasily Duma - about his interview with the Soyuznoye Veche newspaper
- ↑ Interview of the Minister of Information of Belarus
- ↑ Dmitry Bolkunets. Blogs / Dmitry Bolkunets: “Soft power” of the Union State: gentlemen, aren't you ashamed? . Echo of Moscow. Date of treatment January 12, 2019.
- ↑ Brand of the Union State: resetting information policy . eurasia.expert. Date of treatment January 12, 2019.
- ↑ “Union veche” is distributed in Bryansk for free
- ↑ Live running . lenta.ru. Date of treatment January 12, 2019.