RBC-Ukraine explained

RBC-Ukraine
Native Name:РБК-Украина
Native Name Lang:uk
Type:news agency
Foundation:2006
Founder:Yosyp Pintus
Location:Kyiv
Ukraine
Key People:Yosyp Pintus
Industry:Media
Products:news
analytics
entertainment
Owner:LLC "UBT"

RBC-Ukraine is a Ukrainian news agency. Founded in 2006 as a division of the Russian media holding RBC Group (abbreviation for "RosBusinessConsulting"), but in 2010, the agency "RBC-Ukraine" left the composition of the Russian holding, and in 2015, it completely came under the control of Ukrainian media businessman Yosyp Pintus. On January 29, 2016, the Russian holding "RBC" tried to challenge the use of the "RBC" brand in court, but lost the case.[1]

Since April 2014, IA "RBC-Ukraine" positions itself as an independent company that has no relation to the Russian structure. From August 1, 2016, to June 2017, RBC-Ukraine was managed by Valeriy Kalnysh, the former chief editor of "Radio Vesti"[2] and the magazine "Kommersant-Ukraine".[3] Since July 2017, the chief editor has been Serhiy Shcherbyna.[4]

Company overview

RBC-Ukraine is a Ukrainian information portal specializing in financial, economic, and political news of Ukraine and the world.[5] [6] "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.[7] [8] [9]

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. Among the main platforms included in the portal are the informational-analytical website "RBC-Ukraine", the online publication Worldnewsage.com (formerly Utro.ua), the informational-entertainment site "Styler"[10] (news about culture, fashion, health, technology, and cars) and the English-language publication NewsUkraine.rbc.ua.[11] From 2006 to 2008, the media director was journalist and media manager Roman Skrypin. In September 2016, the site was updated. In particular, the "Daily" module was added, which allows viewing the news feed without switching between pages ("infinite scrolling").[12] The updated site was divided into News, Daily, and Styler.[13] In 2018, the "Lite" section was created on the site, specializing in news about celebrities, beauty, and fashion.

Ownership

Initially, the agency "RBC-Ukraine" was owned by the Russian company "RosBusinessConsulting" through LLC "RBC-Ukraine". In April 2015, the official website of the Ukrainian agency partially removed the information that the "agency was created with the support of the RBC group of companies".[14] In July 2016, the information was completely removed.[15] In April 2014, it was announced that the agency had separated from the Russian RBC and has since been legally independent.[16] [17] As of April 2015, the founder of the information agency "RBC-Ukraine" (certificate No. 402—264 PR from 06.04.2015) became the Ukrainian company "UBT", owned by Yosyp Pintus who was involved in the creation of the agency "RBC-Ukraine" from the very beginning.[18] Since 2015, LLC "RBC-Ukraine" has no relation to the agency. In 2015, employees of the SBU demanded a copy of the registration of the agency "RBC-Ukraine" in Ukraine, as in February of that year, the VRU adopted resolution No. 1853 on the temporary suspension of accreditation of journalists and technical workers of some Russian media at the bodies of state power in Ukraine.[19] Most major Ukrainian online media are owned by oligarchs and, in one way or another, reflect the necessary point of view. RBC-Ukraine is the only one of the five most popular Ukrainian online media owned by a media businessman — Yosyp Pintus.[20]

Money Laundering

The management of the information resource rbc.ua is carried out by LLC "UBT Media",[21] [22] the owners of which are Yosyp Pintus and Volodymyr Shultz.[23] [24] Pintus also remains the director of LLC "RBC-UKRAINE", a company that was the operator of the site rbc.ua until 2015 and whose owner is the company LLC "Mas Media Group". Until 2012, "Mas Media Group" was owned by the Cypriot company "RBC Investments (Cyprus) Limited", the owner of which was Herman Kaplun. Kaplun remained the manager of its bank accounts in the Russian Federation. The Cypriot company was closed in 2015.[25] [26]

As of 2024, the company "Mas Media Group" is owned by THORNLEY INVESTMENTS LTD, which is listed among companies affiliated with the Russian holding RBC. Until 2014, the owner of "RBC-Ukraine" was the offshore company from the BVI NewMediaHosting Inc, the owner of which is the Cyprus-registered company RBC Investments Limited and which also owns RBC.[27] Thus, in the activities of Herman Kaplun and his cousin and partner Yosyp Pintus, there are signs of laundering not just Russian money, but Russian money obtained from state Kremlin customers, including those directly related to the Russian special services and military-industrial complex.

Ratings

Attendance

According to the service Socialbakers, the information portal "RBC-Ukraine" in February 2020 ranked first in the number of subscribers on Facebook with an audience of 1.75 million readers.[28] [29] the Ukrainian-language[30]  — almost 440 thousand readers. The Styler division had 883 thousand subscribers, in total "RBC-Ukraine" has an audience of over 3 million readers in social networks, ranking first in the rating of Ukrainian social media by the number of subscribers.[31]

Since the beginning of 2020, the RBC-Ukraine site has ranked first in terms of visits among Ukrainian media.[32]

Quality

In September 2020, VOXUkraine analyzed 14,000 news stories from 26 major Ukrainian internet media. Materials from the sites of RBC-Ukraine and Interfax-Ukraine were recognized as the most cited among other media.[33]

According to a study by the IMI in March 2021, 92% of the publication's materials did not violate professional standards. The resource was found to contain materials with signs of commissioned content with possible violations of balance, but no violations of the standard of accuracy and separation of facts from comments were found.[34]

In December 2020, the Commission on Journalistic Ethics assessed materials from RBC-Ukraine from November 30 and December 10 regarding the quality of transportation by the operator Join UP. According to the commission, standards of information objectivity, balance of viewpoints, and separation of judgments and assumptions were violated.[35] The publication stated its readiness to publish the company's position, but the operator did not provide such data. The commission recognized the readiness to publish all opinions as appropriate for achieving balance.[36]

Divisions

After the site update in September 2016, the main sections of the site are:

Management

Editorial

Previous editors-in-chief included:

From 2006 to 2008, the media director of "RBC-Ukraine" was Roman Skrypin. In August, by mutual agreement, he left the company, and according to the CEO of "RBC-Ukraine" Yosyp Pintus, the position of media director was eliminated.[50]

Blocking in Russia

On January 29, 2016, the Russian Roskomnadzor blocked[51] the RBC-Ukraine site in the territory of the Russian Federation for "extremist materials," commenting it as: "with Bandera supporters, we have a short conversation".[52] [53]

References

  1. Web site: 2016-01-29 . Russian RBC claimed claims to "RBC-Ukraine" because of the use of the brand . https://web.archive.org/web/20201025163736/https://rns.online/it-and-media/Rossiiskii-RBK-zayavil-o-pretenziyah-k-RBK-Ukraina-za-ispolzovanie-brenda-2016-01-29/ . 2020-10-25 . 2021-04-22 . Information agency RNS . ru.
  2. Web site: Valeriy Kalnysh to head the editorial office of RBC-Ukraine . 2016-07-08 . uk.
  3. Web site: 112 Украина . 112 Ukraine . ru . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826132007/http://112.ua/profiles/valeriy-kalnysh-766.html . August 26, 2016 . September 5, 2016 . dead.
  4. Web site: Контакты - Контактная информация РБК-Украина . 2024-03-22 . www.rbc.ua.
  5. Web site: RBC-Ukraine: news of Ukraine, world news, business news . www.rbc.ua . 2016-07-08.
  6. Web site: О компании РБК-Украина . 2024-03-22 . www.rbc.ua.
  7. Web site: Иосиф Пинтус - биография, образование, семья, карьера, компромат . MY.UA . ru . 2024-03-15.
  8. Web site: Пінтус Йосип Геннадійович — Опендатабот . opendatabot.ua . uk . 2024-03-15.
  9. Web site: Йосип Пінтус Новомедіа Форум отзывы Киев, Украина . ru-RU . 2024-03-15.
  10. https://styler.rbc.ua/ukr
  11. https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/
  12. Web site: RBC Daily .
  13. Web site: Rbc.ua . RBC-Ukraine updates design and announces the launch of the Daily internet publication . 2016-09-05 . uk.
  14. https://web.archive.org/web/20150325220214/http://www.rbc.ua/ukr/about.shtml RBC-Ukraine — about us
  15. Web site: Company RBC . https://archive.today/20160626123303/https://company.rbc.ua/company/Mw . 2016-06-26 .
  16. https://web.archive.org/web/20160301133604/http://www.theinsider.ua/infographics/2014/2015_smi/vlasnyky.html Information — weapon: who owns Ukrainian media
  17. Web site: Who owns Ukrainian news agencies (CORRECTED) . 2016-07-08.
  18. http://www.radiosvoboda.org/content/news/27519789.html Russia blocked the website of the agency "RBC-Ukraine" due to "extremist materials"
  19. http://www.telekritika.ua/kontekst/2015-02-25/104207 For the accreditation of a journalist of "RBC-Ukraine", the SBU demanded to provide a copy of the agency's registration
  20. Web site: December 27, 2019 . The global media crisis and new opportunities . April 15, 2020 . VoxUkraine . uk.
  21. Web site: About the company RBC-Ukraine . 2024-03-15 . www.rbc.ua.
  22. Web site: The West poses a greater threat to Zelensky than Russia . 2024-03-15 . RBC-Ukraine . uk.
  23. Web site: 2024-03-12 . EDRPOU code 43835235 — LLC "UBT MEDIA" — Opendatabot . 2024-03-15 . opendatabot.ua . uk.
  24. Web site: Patrikieieva . Natalia . 2016-04-25 . Who owns Ukrainian news agencies (CORRECTED) . 2024-03-15 . detector.media . uk.
  25. Web site: RBK INVESTMENTS (CYPRUS) LIMITED . 2024-03-15 . opencorporates.com.
  26. Web site: Search Results . 2024-03-15 . efiling.drcor.mcit.gov.cy.
  27. Web site: All that is secret becomes public. Ukrainians in offshore . 2024-03-15 . minfin.com.ua . ru.
  28. News: 2017-04-19 . RBC-Ukraine Detailed statistics of Facebook page Socialbakers . https://archive.today/20170419113729/https://www.socialbakers.com/statistics/facebook/pages/detail/115405411859145?url_key= . 2017-04-19 . 2017-04-19 . archive.is.
  29. Web site: Socialbakers . RBC-Ukraine Detailed statistics of Facebook page . 2017-04-19 . Socialbakers.com.
  30. Web site: RBC-Ukraine . 2020-03-04 . www.facebook.com . uk.
  31. Web site: Socialbakers . Styler in Ukraine Facebook page statistics . 2017-04-19 . Socialbakers.com.
  32. Web site: RBC-Ukraine continues to lead in the rating of the most visited news publications . 2020-03-10 . RBC-Ukraine . ru.
  33. Web site: Information flows in the web. Network analysis of media VoxUkraine . 2021-07-15 . voxukraine.org . uk.
  34. Web site: 31 March 2021 . Report on monitoring compliance with professional standards in online media. The first wave of monitoring in 2021 . .
  35. Web site: Regarding the publications on the Internet portal "RBC-Ukraine" about the company "Join UP!" . 2021-07-15 . Commission on Journalistic Ethics (non-governmental organization).
  36. Web site: 2020-12-21 . The CJE expressed public censure to "RBC-Ukraine" for materials about the tour operator JoinUP . 2021-02-18 . detector.media . uk.
  37. https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news RBC-Ukraine — News
  38. https://daily.rbc.ua/ukr RBC-Ukraine — Daily
  39. https://styler.rbc.ua/ukr RBC-Ukraine — Styler
  40. http://telekritika.ua/rinok/2015-09-03/110799 "RBC-Ukraine" launched the informational and entertainment project Styler
  41. Web site: Lifestyle - news about celebrities, beauty, and fashion 2018 . 2020-03-04 . www.rbc.ua.
  42. http://marketing.rbc.ua/ RBC-Ukraine — "Market Research"
  43. Web site: RBC-Ukraine launches "TRAVEL" project about travel and leisure . 2021-10-01 . RBC-Ukraine . ru.
  44. Web site: RBC-Ukraine launches REALTY project about the real estate market . 2021-10-01 . RBC-Ukraine . ru.
  45. Web site: Real Estate – news of the market in Ukraine and abroad RBC-Ukraine . 2021-10-01 . realty.rbc.ua.
  46. Web site: RBC-Ukraine Team . 2022-08-19 . www.rbc.ua.
  47. Web site: RBC-Ukraine Team . 2022-06-15 . www.rbc.ua.
  48. http://www.telekritika.ua/rinok/2015-09-02/110744 Telekritika. Denys Bezliudko became the editor-in-chief of "RBC-Ukraine"
  49. Web site: 1 July 2016 . Valeriy Kalnysh to head the editorial office of "RBC-Ukraine" . https://web.archive.org/web/20160808082034/http://detector.media/community/article/116444/valeriij_kalnish_ocholit_redakciju_laquorbk-ukrayinaraquo/ . 8 August 2016 . 26 January 2022 . . live.
  50. Web site: "Telekritika" . 2008-01-31 . Roman Skrypin left "RBC-Ukraine" . 2020-03-04 . detector.media . uk.
  51. News: In Russia, the site of the agency "RBC-Ukraine" was blocked due to "extremist materials" . 2016-06-26 . Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty . Ukrainian.
  52. Web site: Roskomnadzor on Twitter . 2016-06-26.
  53. Web site: Roskomnadzor on Twitter: "With Bandera supporters, we have a short conversation." . https://archive.today/20160130131238/https://twitter.com/roscomnadzor/status/693134639729348609 . 2016-01-30 . 2016-06-26 . archive.is.

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