Kommersant

Kommersant
Type	website
Status	Generally reliable
Deprecated	no
Blacklisted	no
Recency	2021
Domain kommersant.ru
	In source code; External links in articles; Spamcheck tool
RfC
Link	Rfc
Date	2021

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This source in a nutshell: Kommersant is considered

generally reliable. See § Summary.

Kommersant is a source that has been repeatedly discussed at the Reliable sources noticeboard. This page collects and links information about previous discussions and current consensus, and summarizes it here for convenience.

Summary

Kommersant is a liberal business broadsheet newspaper with nationwide distribution in the Russian Federation. Editors generally believed that Kommersant is one of the better publications in Russia and believe its reporting is generally reliable on most matters. However, editors have expressed concerns regarding how limited media freedom in Russia may affect the source's reporting, and as such caution should be applied when the source is used in relation to events in which the Russian government has a close interest. In such contexts, use of the source should generally be accompanied with intext attribution.

Excerpt

Kommersant (Russian: Коммерсантъ, IPA: [kəmʲɪrˈsant], The Businessman or Commerce Man, often shortened to Ъ) is a nationally distributed daily newspaper published in Russia mostly devoted to politics and business. The TNS Media and NRS Russia certified July 2013 circulation of the daily was 120,000–130,000.

Discussions

Links

RSN

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 108#Alex Jones, Mathaba, Pravda, and PressTV

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 158#Religious demographic data in Russia

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 298#Rbc.ru and rbc.ua

Recency

2021

Rfcs

2021 Rfc

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Source	Status (legend)	Discussions			Use
Source	Status (legend)	List	Last	Summary	Use
Kommersant		2021	2021	Kommersant is a liberal business broadsheet newspaper with nationwide distribution in the Russian Federation. Editors generally believed that Kommersant is one of the better publications in Russia and believe its reporting is generally reliable on most matters. However, editors have expressed concerns regarding how limited media freedom in Russia may affect the source's reporting, and as such caution should be applied when the source is used in relation to events in which the Russian government has a close interest. In such contexts, use of the source should generally be accompanied with intext attribution.	1 2 3