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Russian: Аргументы и Факты
Founder Russian: 3нание
Founded January 1, 1978 (1978-01-01)
Language Russian
Circulation Moscow, Russia
Official website aif.ru

Argumenty i Fakty (Russian: Аргументы и факты, commonly abbreviated "АиФ" and translated as Arguments and Facts) is a weekly newspaper based in Moscow and a publishing house in Russia and worldwide. As of 2008, it is owned by Promsvyazbank and the newspaper is edited by Nikolay Zyatkov.[1]

History

It was founded in 1978 by the Russian organisation "Knowledge" («3нание»). In 1980 AiF was transformed into a weekly but was available only by subscription. After 1985, it was one of the leading publications in the Glasnost campaign.[citation needed] AiF was listed in the Guinness Book of Records with the largest circulation of any weekly publication[2]. In 1990 it had a print run of 33.5 million. As of 2008, the circulation was about 3 million copies, with about 8 million readers.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Alexei Bessudnov, "Media Map" (183–189), Index on Censorship, Volume 37, Number 1, 2008, p. 185.
  2. ^ "ИД "АиФ": About «Argumenty I Fakty»". http://corp.aif.ru/page/89/. Retrieved 2011-09-15. 

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