Argumenty i Fakty (Аргументы и факты) is a weekly newspaper based in Moscow.
Media assets
Publishing: Argumenty i Fakty
State Media Matrix Typology: Captured Public/State-Managed (CaPu)
Ownership and governance
Argumenty i Fakty is owned by the Government of Moscow, which bought the publication in 2014 from Promsvyazbank, a state-owned enterprise.
Source of funding and budget
Argumenty i Fakty funds itself mostly through advertising revenues, according to our Russian experts and media reports.
Editorial independence
Although in the past, Argumenty i Fakty was not a blatantly state propaganda publication, during the war in Ukraine Argumenty i Fakty changed its editorial coverage, openly supporting the military invasion of Ukraine, according to an ad hoc content analysis.
No domestic statute and no independent assessment or oversight mechanism that would validate the editorial independence of Argumenty i Fakty have been identified.
October 2023