RBC-Ukraine
Ukrainian news agency
RBC-Ukraine (Ukrainian: РБК-Україна, romanized: RBK-Ukraina) is a Ukrainian news agency. Founded in 2006 as a division of the Russian media holding RBK Group (short for RosBusinessConsulting), it became independent of its Russian holding company in 2010 and, in 2015, it came under complete control of the Ukrainian media businessman Yosyp Pintus. On January 29, 2016, the Russian holding "RBC" tried to challenge the use of the "RBC" brand in court, and lost the case.
Since April 2014, IARBC-Ukrain has positioned itself as an independent company with no relation to the Russian structure. From 1 August to June 2017, RBC-Ukraine was managed by Valeriy Kalnysh, the former chief editor of Radio Vesti and the magazine Kommersant Ukraine. From July 2017 to 2022, the chief editor was Serhiy Shcherbyna.
Company overview
RBC-Ukraine is a Ukrainian information portal specializing in financial, economic, and political news of Ukraine and the world. "RBC-Ukraine" was created in 2006 as the Ukrainian division of the Russian information agency RosBusinessConsulting (RBC). The owner of the Ukrainian unit is Yosyp Pintus, a cousin of RosBusinessConsulting beneficiary Herman Kaplun.
History
In the first months of 2006, only the Russian version of the site existed, but in the second half of 2006, a full-fledged Ukrainian version was launched.
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