Newsru.com
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- Official website
- www.newsru.com
- Image
- Пустой офис NEWSru.com.jpg
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- inception
- 2000-08-28
- Alexa rank
- 3152
- search formatter URL
- www.newsru.com/search/?qry=$1
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2021-00-00
- Commons category
- Newsru.com
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NEWSru.com was a Russian independent online news site based in Moscow that was generally critical of the Russian government. Launched by Russian internet pioneer Anton Nossik in 2000, it closed in 2021 after experiencing difficulties attracting advertisers due to the site's editorial positions. The Israeli sister service Newsru.co.il remains operational
==History== thumb|Empty office of NEWSru.com NEWSru launched by Russian internet pioneer Anton Nossik on August, 28, 2000, with the domain name ntu.ru Yelena Bereznitskaya-Bruni replaced the initial Editor in Chief Igor Barchugov in 2001.