Village editor-in-chief Kirill Rukov and his team left the project, writes the Baza telegram channel. According to their sources, The Village is facing closure due to financial issues. In Russia, The Village website is blocked, the editorial office moved to Warsaw in March 2022.
The Baza telegram channel reports that The Village editor-in-chief Kirill Rukov and his team have left the project, citing sources. Baza’s interlocutors specified that Rukov would work with blogger Ilya Varlamov, a well-known foreign agent.
According to Baza, the publication cannot cope with the financial problems and will soon be forced to “turn off” work. The fate of the released materials and The Village’s work as a whole is unknown, the sources said.
Roskomnadzor blocked The Village site on March 2, 2022 due to the publication of false information about a special military operation in Ukraine. On March 4, it became known that the office of The Village in Russia is closing, the editorial office is working from Warsaw.
In April 2022, Alexander Vinokurov became the owner of The Village, Wonderzine, and Spletnik. Later, the holding introduced a subscription worth 690 rubles per month to access the materials of these publications, but, according to Baza sources, the investor was not satisfied with the growth rate of subscribers.
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Kirill Bilyk
Source: RB
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