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{{Infobox newspaper
| name               = The Moscow Times
| logo               = The Moscow Times logo.svg
| image              = The Moscow Times (front page).png
| type               = [[Online newspaper]], formerly also print
| owners             = [[Vladimir Jao]]<ref name=":5" />{{Update inline|date=July 2025|reason=Sauer has died.}}
| founder            = [[Derk Sauer]]
| publisher          = {{Interlanguage link|Alexander Gubsky|ru|Губский, Александр Владимирович}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Moscow Times – 30 years|url=https://rodehoed.nl/programma/30-years-the-moscow-times/ |date=30 November 2022 |website=Rode Hoed|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Губский |first=Александр |date=28 December 2022 |title=Благодарственное письмо издателя The Moscow Times |trans-title=Letter of Appreciation from The Moscow Times Publisher |url=https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2022/12/28/blagodarstvennoe-pismo-izdatelya-the-moscow-times-a29777 |access-date=10 April 2023 |website=moscowtimes.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
| chief_editor       =
| founded            = {{start date and age|1992}}
| ceased_publication = 2017 (print)
| language           = {{ubl|[[English language|English]]|[[Russian language|Russian]] (since 2020)}}
| headquarters       = [[Moscow]] (1992–2022)<br />[[Amsterdam]] (since 2022)
| oclc               = 1097137921
| circulation        = 35,000 (2015)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hobson|first=Peter|date=30 April 2015|title=Russian Businessman Buys The Moscow Times|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2015/04/30/russian-businessman-buys-the-moscow-times-a46238|access-date=29 November 2021|website=The Moscow Times|language=en}}</ref>
| sister_newspapers  = ''[[The St. Petersburg Times (Russia)|The St. Petersburg Times]]'' (1993–2014)
| website            = {{URL|https://www.themoscowtimes.com|themoscowtimes.com}}
| custom_label       = Cultural editor
| custom_data        = Michele A. Berdy 
}}
'''''The Moscow Times''''' ('''''MT''''') is an Amsterdam-based independent English-language and Russian-language [[online newspaper]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Luhn|first=Alec|date=6 November 2015|title=Russia's last independent English newspaper ends daily edition|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/06/russia-moscow-times-weekly|access-date=11 December 2020|work=[[The Guardian]]| df = dmy-all}}</ref> It was in print in Russia from 1992 until 2017 and was distributed free of charge at places frequented by English-speaking tourists and [[expatriate]]s, such as [[hotel]]s, [[café]]s, embassies, and airlines, and also by subscription. The newspaper was popular among foreign citizens residing in Moscow and English-speaking Russians.<ref>Richardson, Dan. (2001). ''The Rough Guide to Moscow.'' Rough Guides. p. 56. {{ISBN|978-1-85828-700-3}}.</ref> In November 2015, the newspaper changed its design and type from daily to weekly (released every Thursday) and increased the number of pages to 24.

The newspaper [[Online newspaper|became online-only]] in July 2017 and launched its Russian-language service in 2020. In 2022, its headquarters were relocated to [[Amsterdam]] in the Netherlands in response to [[Media freedom in Russia|restrictive media laws enacted in Russia]] after the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|invasion of Ukraine]]. On 15 April 2022, the Russian-language website of ''The Moscow Times'' was blocked in Russia.<ref name="TheMoscowBlocked" /><ref name="RferlMoscowBlocked" /> In 2023, the [[Ministry of Justice (Russia)|Ministry of Justice of Russia]] designated the paper as a "[[foreign agent]]".<ref name="Reuters">{{Cite news |date=18 November 2023 |title=Russia designates The Moscow Times newspaper a 'foreign agent' |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-designates-moscow-times-newspaper-foreign-agent-2023-11-18/ |access-date=19 November 2023}}</ref> On 10 July 2024, the office of the Russian Prosecutor General announced that the newspaper was declared an [[undesirable organization]].<ref>[https://meduza.io/news/2024/07/10/genprokuratura-rf-ob-yavila-izdanie-the-moscow-times-nezhelatelnoy-organizatsiey Генпрокуратура РФ объявила издание The Moscow Times «нежелательной» организацией]</ref>

Some American [[foreign correspondent]]s started their careers at the paper, including [[Ellen Barry (journalist)|Ellen Barry]], who later became ''[[The New York Times]]''{{'}} Moscow bureau chief.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Luhn |first=Alec |date=5 February 2015 |title=Hackers target Russian newspaper site accused of being anti-Putin |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=Moscow |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/05/russia-moscow-times-cyber-attack |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118092556/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/05/russia-moscow-times-cyber-attack |archive-date=18 January 2017}}</ref>

== History ==

=== Founding ===
[[Derk Sauer]], a Dutch publisher who came to Moscow in 1989, made plans to turn his small, twice-weekly paper called the ''Moscow Guardian'' into a world-class daily newspaper. Sauer brought in Meg Bortin as its first editor in May 1992, and the team used a room at the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel as its headquarters.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kuper|first=Simon|date=10 October 2005|title=Russian remodelling of a cosmopolitan theme|work=[[Financial Times]]|url=https://www.ft.com/content/28054942-39af-11da-806e-00000e2511c8|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|access-date=4 June 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201211215837/https://www.ft.com/content/28054942-39af-11da-806e-00000e2511c8|archive-date=11 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Bortin|first=Meg|date=6 October 2012|title=To Moscow With News|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/06/opinion/meg-bortin-moscow-times-20th-anniversary.html}}</ref>

''The Moscow Times'' was founded in 1992 by Sauer to reach US and European expats who had moved to Moscow after the fall of the USSR. He said: "It was a completely different time, there was no internet and there was a huge influx of Western expats who didn't speak Russian. At the time, they were the only ones with money in Moscow, so ''The Moscow Times'' was an interesting medium for advertisers".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cohen|first=Mischa|date=7 June 2017|title=De terugkeer van Derk Sauer in de Russische media|trans-title=The return of Derk Sauer in the Russian media|url=https://www.vn.nl/de-terugkeer-van-derk-sauer-in-de-russische-media/|access-date=7 August 2020|website=[[Vrij Nederland]]|language=nl}}</ref>

The first edition of ''The Moscow Times'' was published in March 1992.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sauer|first=Derk|year=2012|title=Derk Sauer: "20 Years Later"|work=The Moscow Times|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/20th/welcome/20-years-of-business-in-Russia.html|url-status=live|access-date=30 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318214203/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/20th/welcome/20-years-of-business-in-Russia.html|archive-date=18 March 2012}}</ref> It was the first Western daily to be published in Russia,<ref name="law">Lawton, Anna. (2004). ''Imaging Russia 2000: Film and Facts''. New Academia Publishing, LLC. p. 107. {{ISBN|978-0-9744934-3-5}}.</ref> and quickly became "a primary source of news and opinion" quoted in both Russia and the West.<ref name=":2" />

It "played an important role by giving space to Russian commentators". For example, in the fall of 1993, it was able to play a role in defeating the censors, as stated by former editor-in-chief Meg Bortin in an New York Times op-ed:

{{blockquote|[…] when anti-[[Boris Yeltsin|Yeltsin]] forces occupied the Russian Parliament and censorship was revived. Russian newspapers came out with large blank spaces on their front pages where articles critical of the authorities had been suppressed. The writers of those articles came to see us. Published the next day in English in ''The Moscow Times'', their articles were quickly picked up and beamed back in Russian by the [[BBC]] and other foreign radios, defeating the censors.<ref name=":2" />}}

From the mid-1990s until 2000, it was based in the old headquarters of ''[[Pravda]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url= http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/fire-tears-through-pravda-complex/206815.html|title = Fire Tears Through the Pravda Complex|last = Schreck|first = Carl|date = 14 February 2006|access-date = 30 August 2015}}</ref> In 1997, the website ''moscowtimes.ru'' was registered.<ref name=":3" />

=== Expansion ===
In 2003–2004, the newspaper added Jobs & Careers and Real Estate appendices, and in 2005 the ''Moscow Guide'' appendix, featuring high culture. The annual ''Moscow Dining Guide'' was also launched in 2005.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=6 October 2010 |title=The Moscow Times: 18 Years |url=https://english.imedia.ru/news/166781/ |access-date=23 December 2020 |website=english.imedia.ru |language=en}}</ref>

Until 2005, the paper was owned by Independent Media, a Moscow-registered [[publishing house]] that also prints a [[Russian language|Russian-language]] daily newspaper, {{lang|ru-latn|[[Vedomosti]]}}, ''[[The St. Petersburg Times (Russia)|The St. Petersburg Times]]'' (''The Moscow Times''<nowiki/>' counterpart in [[Saint Petersburg]]) and Russian-language versions of popular glossy magazines such as ''[[FHM]]'', ''[[Men's Health (magazine)|Men's Health]]'' and ''[[Cosmopolitan Russia]]''.<ref name="law"/> That year, Independent Media was acquired by the Finnish publishing group [[Sanoma]] at an enterprise value of €142 million.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SanomaWSOY acquires the leading Russian magazine publisher Independent Media – Sanoma Group|url=https://sanoma.com/release/sanomawsoy-acquires-the-leading-russian-magazine-publisher-independent-media-2|access-date=23 December 2020|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Finland's Sanoma sells stake in Russian financial paper Vedomosti {{!}} Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/0212817c-ef22-11e4-a6d2-00144feab7de|access-date=24 December 2020|website=www.ft.com}}</ref>

In 2006, the paper began its alliance with the ''[[International Herald Tribune]]'', while 2009 saw the launch of the ''themoscowtimes.com'' website.

In 2009, it published ''Russia for Beginners: A Foreigner's Guide to Russia'', written by foreign authors who offer advice based on their own experiences of living in Russia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/MT_news/374986.htm|title=Russia for Beginners: A Foreigner's Guide to Russia|newspaper=The Moscow Times|date=3 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309235203/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/MT_news/374986.htm|archive-date=9 March 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> The paper celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2012 with a gala dinner at the [[Balchug|Baltschug]] [[Kempinski]] Hotel in Moscow.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/20th/welcome/20-years-with-the-moscow-times.html |title=20 years with The Moscow Times |newspaper=The Moscow Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321165238/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/20th/welcome/20-years-with-the-moscow-times.html |date=2012 |archive-date=21 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2010, ''The Moscow Times'' began to publish in colour and launched the Travel Guide and Bar Guide projects.<ref name=":3" />

=== After 2014 ===
In January 2014, malicious ads on the newspaper's website redirected visitors to an [[Exploit (computer security)|exploit]] kit [[landing page]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://blog.malwarebytes.org/exploits-2/2014/01/hard-times-on-the-moscow-times|title = Hard times on The Moscow Times|author = Jérôme Segura|date = 7 January 2014|work = [[Malwarebytes]]|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150605010400/https://blog.malwarebytes.org/exploits-2/2014/01/hard-times-on-the-moscow-times/|archive-date = 5 June 2015}}</ref> In December 2014, ''The Moscow Times'' was forced offline for two days by a [[distributed denial of service]] (DDoS) attack. It was forced offline a second time in February 2015 for unknown reasons.<ref name=":1" />

In April 2014 longtime editor-in-chief Andrew McChesney stepped down and was replaced by Nabi Abdullaev, a former ''Moscow Times'' reporter, news editor, managing editor, and deputy editor-in-chief who had left in 2011 to head [[RIA Novosti]]'s foreign-language news service.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url = http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/nabi-abdullaev-to-replace-andrew-mcchesney-as-mt-editor/497983.html|title = Nabi Abdullaev to Replace Andrew McChesney as MT Editor|date = 14 April 2014|work = The Moscow Times|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140417010112/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/nabi-abdullaev-to-replace-andrew-mcchesney-as-mt-editor/497983.html|archive-date = 17 April 2014}}.</ref> Shortly after his appointment, Abdullaev argued in ''[[The Guardian]]'' that the west's "biased journalism&nbsp;...robs the west of its moral authority".<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/04/western-media-coverage-ukraine-crisis-russia|title = Is western media coverage of the Ukraine crisis anti-Russian?|last = Nabi Abdullaev|date = 4 August 2014|work = The Guardian|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140829000533/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/04/western-media-coverage-ukraine-crisis-russia|archive-date = 29 August 2014}}</ref> In Autumn 2015 Abdullaev was removed from his post and replaced by [[Mikhail Fishman]], former head of ''[[Russky Newsweek]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 November 2015|title='The Moscow Times' hires a new chief editor|url=https://meduza.io/en/news/2015/11/05/the-moscow-times-hires-a-new-chief-editor}}</ref>

In October 2014 ''The Moscow Times'' made the decision to temporarily suspend online comments after an increase in abusive and excessive pro-Russian trolling.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Collison|first=Chris|title=Russia's Information War: Old Strategies, New Tools|url=https://jsis.washington.edu/ellisoncenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2017/05/collison_chris_Russia%E2%80%99s-Information-War-Old-Strategies-New-Tools-How-Russia-Built-an-Information-Warfare-Strategy.pdf|access-date=11 December 2020|website=[[Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies]]|page=41}}</ref> The paper said it disabled comments for two reasons—it was an inconvenience for its readers as well as being a legal liability, because under [[Russian law]] websites are liable for all content, including [[user-generated content]] like comments.<ref>{{Cite news|date=31 October 2014|title=Russian English-language newspaper The Moscow Times becomes latest victim in Kremlin info war|work=[[Ukraine Today]]|url=http://uatoday.tv/politics/russian-english-language-newspaper-becomes-latest-victim-in-kremlin-info-war-389384.html|url-status=unfit|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101231256/http://uatoday.tv/politics/russian-english-language-newspaper-becomes-latest-victim-in-kremlin-info-war-389384.html|archive-date=1 November 2014}}</ref>

In 2014, sister publication ''[[The St. Petersburg Times (Russia)|The St. Petersburg Times]]'' ceased publication.<ref>{{Cite web|title=St. Pete's main English-language newspaper suspends operation|work=Russia Beyond The Headlines|access-date=17 May 2015|date=22 December 2014|url=http://rbth.com/news/2014/12/22/st_petes_main_english-language_newspaper_suspends_operation_42461.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724081313/https://www.rbth.com/news/2014/12/22/st_petes_main_english-language_newspaper_suspends_operation_42461.html|archive-date=24 July 2017}}</ref> In 2015, Sanoma sold MoscowTimes LLC to {{Interlanguage link|Demyan Kudryavtsev|ru|Кудрявцев, Демьян Борисович|et|Demjan Kudrjavtsev}}, a former director of [[Kommersant]].<ref>{{Cite news|issn=0362-4331|author=Andrew Roth|title=New Owner for The Moscow Times and Vedomosti|work=The New York Times|access-date=17 May 2015|date=30 April 2015|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/world/europe/new-owner-for-the-moscow-times-and-vedomosti.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504210110/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/world/europe/new-owner-for-the-moscow-times-and-vedomosti.html|archive-date=4 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="mt-20150504">{{cite news|last=Hobson|first=Peter|date=4 May 2015|title=Russian Owner Wants Modernized Moscow Times, Not Kremlin Stooge|newspaper=The Moscow Times|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2015/05/04/russian-owner-wants-modernized-moscow-times-not-kremlin-stooge-a46290|access-date=21 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=16 June 2015|title=Russia blocks sale of Russian Cosmopolitan, Esquire|work=The Moscow Times|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2015/06/16/russia-blocks-sale-of-russian-cosmopolitan-esquire-a47419|url-status=live|access-date=4 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605134217/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russia-blocks-sale-of-russian-cosmopolitan-esquire/523781.htmll|archive-date=5 June 2016}}</ref> In 2017, the paper version stopped. The final paper edition appeared on 6 July.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://themoscowtimes.com/news/the-moscow-times-closes-print-edition-58296|title= The Moscow Times Closes Print Edition|date= 5 July 2017|publisher= The Moscow Times|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170706023219/https://themoscowtimes.com/news/the-moscow-times-closes-print-edition-58296|archive-date= 6 July 2017}}</ref> In July 2017 the operation of the paper changed to Stichting 2 Oktober, a foundation based in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ведомости |date=7 June 2017 |title=Дерк Сауэр вернется в The Moscow Times |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/articles/2017/06/07/693453-derk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507141714/https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/articles/2017/06/07/693453-derk |archive-date=7 May 2018 |access-date=7 May 2018 |website=vedomosti.ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=7 June 2017 |title=De terugkeer van Derk Sauer in de Russische media - Vrij Nederland |url=https://www.vn.nl/de-terugkeer-van-derk-sauer-in-de-russische-media/ |access-date=7 May 2018 |website=vn.nl}}</ref>

''The Moscow Times'' currently belongs to a limited liability company which is 51% owned by Russian businessman [[Vladimir Jao]], the CEO of an airline catering company, 30% by Svetlana Korshunova ({{Langx|ru|Светлана Коршунова}}), general director of the paper, and 19% by Derk Sauer, the original founder of the paper. Speaking to ''Kommersant'', Derk Sauer explained that this is merely to comply with a Russian law which prohibits foreigners from controlling more than 20% of any Russia-based media company, since Sauer is a Dutch citizen. He further said that Vladimir Jao is an old friend of his, and "he does not control the publication, he is a partner".<ref name="owner">{{cite web |last=Afanasyeva |first=Anna |date=11 October 2017 |title=The Moscow Times подпитали акционером |trans-title=The Moscow Times was fueled by a shareholder |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3435096/ |access-date=6 December 2018 |website=[[Kommersant]]}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=11 October 2017 |title=The Moscow Times' new majority owner is a Russian catering company executive |url=https://meduza.io/en/news/2017/10/11/the-moscow-times-new-majority-owner-is-a-russian-catering-company-executive |access-date=6 August 2020 |website=[[Meduza]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Moscow Times подпитали акционером |url=https://kompromat1.io/articles/72243-the_moscow_times_podpitali_aktsionerom |access-date=6 August 2020 |website=kompromat1.io}}</ref>

In March 2020, the online newspaper launched a [[Russian language]] edition.<ref>{{cite web | title=A Letter to Our Readers | publisher=The Moscow Times | date=23 March 2020 | url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/page/letter-to-readers | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831145932/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/page/letter-to-readers | archive-date=31 August 2021 | url-status=unfit}}</ref>

Following the passage of a law restricting coverage of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] in March 2022, the newspaper moved its main editors to Amsterdam.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=9 March 2022 |title=Moscow Times moves to Amsterdam in response to Russian media law |url=https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/03/moscow-times-moves-to-amsterdam-in-response-to-russian-media-law/ |access-date=14 March 2022 |website=DutchNews.nl |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Moscow Times relocating to Netherlands as Russia tightens media restrictions |url=https://nltimes.nl/2022/03/07/moscow-times-relocating-netherlands-russia-tightens-media-restrictions |access-date=14 March 2022 |website=NL Times |date=7 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> On 15 April, [[Roskomnadzor]] blocked access to the Russian-language website of ''The Moscow Times'' in Russia after it had published what authorities called a false report on Russian riot police officers refusing to participate in the invasion.<ref name="TheMoscowBlocked">{{cite web |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/15/moscow-times-russian-service-blocked-over-war-coverage-a77368 |title=Moscow Times' Russian Service Blocked Over War Coverage|date=15 April 2022 |website=The Moscow Times}}</ref><ref name="RferlMoscowBlocked">{{cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-blocks-moscow-times-ukraine-war/31804960.html|title=Russia Blocks Websites Of The Moscow Times, Radio France International Over Ukraine War Coverage|website=rferl.org|date=15 April 2022}}</ref> To make the website available within Russia despite blocks, it registered a range of [[domain name]]s, sending links to the next current domain to readers via [[Telegram (software)|Telegram]] when one is blocked.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.parool.nl/editie/20221126/the-moscow-times-krant-in-ballingschap-onze-grootste-taak-is-het-russische-publiek-te-laten-zien-hoe-gevaarlijk-de-oorlog-is~bde9ea71/|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126163520/https://www.parool.nl/editie/20221126/the-moscow-times-krant-in-ballingschap-onze-grootste-taak-is-het-russische-publiek-te-laten-zien-hoe-gevaarlijk-de-oorlog-is~bde9ea71/|trans-title=The Moscow Times, newspaper in exile: 'Our main task is to show the Russian public how dangerous the war is'|archive-date=26 November 2022|title=The Moscow Times, krant in ballingschap: 'Onze grootste taak is het Russische publiek te laten zien hoe gevaarlijk de oorlog is'|newspaper=Het Parool|language=nl|date=26 November 2022}}</ref>

On 17 March 2023, ''The Moscow Times'' said it has been designated a ‘[[foreign agent]]’ by [[Ministry of Justice (Russia)|Russia's justice ministry]], which accused ''The Moscow Times'' of spreading inaccurate information about authorities' decisions, thereby forming a negative image of Russia. ''The Moscow Times'' said that the foreign agent legislation had been "disproportionately used”.<ref name="Reuters"/>

On 10 July 2024, the [[Prosecutor-General of Russia|Prosecutor General of Russia]] declared ''The Moscow Times'' an [[Russian undesirable organizations law|undesirable organization]].<ref name="mdz-20240710">{{cite news|title=Генпрокуратура РФ объявила издание The Moscow Times "нежелательной" организацией|url=https://meduza.io/news/2024/07/10/genprokuratura-rf-ob-yavila-izdanie-the-moscow-times-nezhelatelnoy-organizatsiey|access-date=10 July 2024|work=Meduza|date=7 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710152619/https://meduza.io/news/2024/07/10/genprokuratura-rf-ob-yavila-izdanie-the-moscow-times-nezhelatelnoy-organizatsiey|archive-date=10 July 2024|language=ru}}</ref>  This designation practically bans the ''Times'' from operating in Russia, as anyone working for them or interacting with them (such as by agreeing to be interviewed) could potentially be prosecuted and sent to jail.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/10/moscow-times-newspaper-foreign-agent/  |title=Russia deems Moscow Times 'undesirable,' putting writers, sources at risk |first=Mary |last=Ilyushina |date=10 July 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 }}</ref>

== Separate publications and special projects ==
Inter-country annexes ''The Moscow Times'': [[France–Russia relations|Russia–France]], [[Finland–Russia relations|Russia–Finland]], [[Russia–United Kingdom relations|Russia–UK]], etc. These editions are dedicated to bilateral issues of cooperation and promote establishing of business and investment programs of interaction between two countries. They focus on economic, trade, investment, inter-culture project, and tourism issues.

''Real Estate Catalog'' and ''Real Estate Quarterly'': regular specialized business editions about the real estate market.

''The Moscow Times Conferences'' was a meeting place for Russian and foreign investors, businessmen and experts in Russia and abroad. In the second half of 2017, the Conferences were transferred to the [[Vedomosti]]–Practice brand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Кудрявцев прокомментировал расследование о связях владельцев "Ведомостей" с "Роснефтью" |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/media/articles/2020/05/14/830288-kudryavtsev-prokommentiroval-rassledovanie |access-date=16 April 2022 |website=Ведомости |date=15 May 2020 |language=ru}}</ref>

==Notable employees==
{{div col}}
*[[Anders Åslund]]
*[[Ellen Barry (journalist)|Ellen Barry]]
*[[Alexander Baunov]]
*[[Michael Bohm]]
*[[Irina Borogan]]
*[[John Chryssavgis]]
*[[William Harrison Courtney]]
*[[Alexander Etkind]]
*[[Mikhail Fishman]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Встреча с Михаилом Фишманом, главным редактором|url=https://aebrus.ru/ru/aeb-events/meet_the_media_with_mikhail_fishman_editor_in_chief_the_moscow_times/?2638902|access-date=29 December 2020|website=Встреча с Михаилом Фишманом, главным редактором|language=ru}}</ref>
*[[Eva Hartog]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eva Hartog vertrok uit Rusland, maar hoopt snel terug te keren / Villamedia |url=https://www.villamedia.nl/artikel/eva-hartog-vertrok-uit-rusland-maar-hoopt-snel-terug-te-keren |access-date=16 April 2022 |website=www.villamedia.nl |date=29 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
*[[Igor Ivanov]]
*[[Radhika Jones]]
*[[Andrey Kolesnikov (journalist)|Andrey Kolesnikov]]
*[[Alexey Kovalev (journalist)|Alexey Kovalev]]
*[[Marko Mihkelson]]
*[[Ivan Nechepurenko]]
*[[Derk Sauer]]
*[[Anton Shekhovtsov]]
*[[Andrei Soldatov]]
*[[Konstantin Sonin]]
*[[Matt Taibbi]]
*[[Andrey Zubov]]
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==See also==
*[[List of newspapers in Russia]]
*[[Media of Russia]]
*[[Russian undesirable organizations law]]

== Citations ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== General and cited references==
* {{cite book |last=Michielsen |first=Dido |year=2013 |title=Moscow Times. Het Russische avontuur van Derk Sauer en Ellen Verbeek |language=nl |location=Amsterdam |publisher=Uitgeverij Nieuw Amsterdam |isbn=9789046814727}}

==External links==
* {{official website|https://www.themoscowtimes.com/}} {{in lang|en}}
* {{official website|https://www.moscowtimes.ru/}} {{in lang|ru}}
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