{"id":6009,"date":"2021-05-04T19:05:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T16:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civilmplus.org\/actors\/newspaper-komsomolskaya-pravda\/"},"modified":"2022-01-27T11:21:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T08:21:43","slug":"newspaper-komsomolskaya-pravda","status":"publish","type":"actors","link":"https:\/\/civilmplus.org\/en\/actors\/newspaper-komsomolskaya-pravda\/","title":{"rendered":"Newspaper \u201cKomsomolskaya Pravda\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Official position\/function regarding the conflict<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

\u201cAssault aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine bombed the self-defense checkpoints of the Crimea on Chongar. After the artillery preparation, the nationalist battalions drove the Crimeans out of Chongar and Perekop. Three days after the start of a large-scale military operation, the volunteer and regular regiments of Ukraine from the mainland, together with units based in Crimea, surrounded Simferopol, Sevastopol, and Feodosia … The Russian fleet weighed down and headed for Novorossiysk. The red and black flag of Ukrainian nationalists is raised over Nakhimov Square in Sevastopol, Kyiv is rejoicing.\u201d This is how one of the main \u201cmilitary journalists\u201d of Komsomolskaya Pravda (hereinafter \u2013 KP) Alexander Kots fantasized about \u201cwhat would have happened if Crimea had not returned to Russia.\u201d In the future, the legend narrative \u201cif not for Russia, then there would be nationalists\/NATO troops in Crimea\u201d became the main slogan of Russian propaganda justifying the capture of the peninsula.<\/span><\/p>\n

KP is a perfect example of the tabloid and propagandist yellow scandalous and entertaining press with a circulation of 2.7 million copies (2017). The largest circulation of the daily newspaper KP and the weekly KP-Tolstushki was 34 million copies in 2009 and is still the highest among Russian print media.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is funded from non-governmental sources. 45% of the publication is owned by Sergei Rudnov, the owner of LDV Press LLC. Also, one of the minority owners of KP shares with a stake of 4 to 7% is the editor-in-chief of the outlet Vladimir Sungorkin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, the publishing house Komsomolskaya Pravda includes (in addition to the KP) five newspapers, a radio station, and a website. In 2011-14, the Komsomolskaya Pravda TV channel also worked.<\/span><\/p>\n

Interests\/goals in the conflict region<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

Despite the fact that the KP is a non-state outlet, Sungorkin constantly emphasizes his closeness to the authorities.<\/span><\/a> The KP has done a lot to justify the aggression against Ukraine. In April 2014, the journalists of the newspaper were awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland of the fourth degree \u201cfor objectivity in covering events in Crimea.\u201d<\/a><\/span> The awards were presented to Sungorkin and the \u201cmilitary reporters\u201d Alexander Kots and Dmitry Steshin, the authors of numerous reports from Donbas full of one-sidedness and bias and mainly justifying the actions of the separatists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Actions regarding the conflict<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

Misinformation, aggressive attacks, and falsifications in reporting on events in Ukraine and against the Russian opposition supporting Ukraine.<\/span><\/a> A campaign to discredit Boris Nemtsov after his murder. Examples of headlines of KP articles that contain signs of disinformation and propaganda, calls for unleashing an aggressive war:<\/span><\/p>\n