Pravda International

Pravda International is a news organisation primarily based in Russia and the CIS, but with media outlets in Europe.
Origins
Pravda, was the official government owned newspaper of the Soviet Union from 1918 to 1991. Founded as a workers’ daily, it published its first issue on 5 May 1912, in St. Petersburg. Vladimir Lenin was the first editor. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, several members of the Pravda editorial team formed a separate on-line version
Pravda International was also created by former Pravda journalists, and two Greek businessmen who had invested millions in the original Pravda newspaper. Pravda International went on to produce foreign language editions in the CIS and East Europe.
There is also an online English edition which is mainly a news aggregator which links to other Russian news sites, but publishes its own editorials. According to the National Circulation Service for the CIS, the audit bureau of circulation for the region, Pravda International has a print circulation of 577,286 across CIS countries.
The Herald reported in October 2016 that Pravda International was planning to open an office in Edinburgh in January 2017.

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