Russkiy Kurier
Template:Infobox newspaper Russkiy Kurier (Template:Langx, translated as Russian Courier) was a Moscow-based daily newspaper.
History
It was founded in 2003 by Igor Golembiovsky, a journalist who had left Novye Izvestiya after being dismissed by the post of editor;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Golembiovsky said his firing was due to political reasons, because of his opposition to Vladimir Putin's government.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the beginning of the newspaper, journalists, who had left Novye Izvestiya a few months earlier, participated. Igor Golembiovsky, Otto Lacis, Sergey Agafonov, Elena Yampolskaya, Zoya Svetova,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Alina Rebel and others were authors.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> "Publishing House Kh. H. S. PUBLISHING HOUSE" under the direction of Igor Yakovenko, then Secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia, was the newspaper’s publisher.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The newspaper shut down in April 2005 for financial reasons. Chief editor Golembiovsky and the entire staff were dismissed.<ref name=":0" /> On May 30, 2005, the newspaper resumed work with Sergey Frolov as new chief editor. His new concept was to create a newspaper of national interests.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2013 it launched its online version on its homepage ruscur.ru. In 2017 Russkiy Kurier ceased publication.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>