Izvestia
Front page of the Izvestia newspaper from 15 June 2012 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | National Media Group |
| Publisher | Inews (News Media) |
| Editor-in-chief | Arseniy Ogenesyan |
| Founded | 13 March 1917 |
| Language | Russian |
| Headquarters | Begovoy District, Moscow, Russia |
| Circulation | 234,500 |
| ISSN | 0233-4356 |
| OCLC number | 427395058 |
| Website | iz |
Izvestia (Russian: Известия, romanized: Izvestiya, IPA: [ɪzˈvʲesʲtʲɪjə], "The News") is a daily broadsheet newspaper in Russia. Founded in February 1917, Izvestia, which covered foreign relations, was the organ of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, disseminating official state propaganda. It is now described as a "national newspaper" of Russia.
The word izvestiya in Russian means "bring news" or "tidings", "herald" (an official messenger bringing news), derived from the verb izveshchat ("to inform", "to notify").