John McCain in Pravda.ru

[Galina Nikiporets-Takigawa]

Great comment, John, but I would suggest Izvestiia and Izvestiia.ru for
answer the first question. Anyway, Pravda.ru was not a correct choice
despite all symbolic meaning:
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Dr Galina Nikiporets-Takigawa
Department of Slavonic Studies
University of Cambridge
Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA
gn254 at cam.ac.uk
www.memoryatwar.org


2013/9/20 John Dunn <John.Dunn at glasgow.ac.uk>

> I suppose the clip that Ben Rifkin sent round answers the first question.
>  The second question is extraordinarily hard to answer, partly because I
> think there are three different questions:
> 1. Where it would be read by the largest number of Russians
> 2. Where it would be read by the sort of people who Senator McCain wants
> to have his words read by
> 3. Where it will have the biggest impact.
>
> I strongly doubt if there is now any single publication that would be read
> by the majority of Russians (but then you will know better than I do
> whether the New York Times is read by the majority of U.S. citizens).
> Others may disagree, but I don't think there is at present a single print
> or on-line media space that is shared by large segments of the population.
>     The answer to question 1 might be Komsomol'skaja pravda; the answer to
> question 3 might be Nezavisimaia gazeta or Kommersant.  Question 2 depends
> on which audience Senator McCain is aiming to reach: if it is the
> Putinistas, any of the already mentioned solutions would serve; if it is
> young(ish), well educated, oppositionally-minded segment of the population,
> then Matt Taibbi's suggestions of Novaja gazeta would seem the best.   The
> impact will be all the greater if the story is picked up by the main
> television channels, but that will be decided in Staraja Ploshchad'.
>
> John Dunn.
>
>
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> SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of George Kalbouss [kalbouss at MAC.COM]
> Sent: 20 September 2013 17:00
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> Subject: [SEELANGS] John McCain in Pravda.ru
>
> A question has arisen from my colleagues in Political Science regarding
> John McCain's recent
> letter published in Pravda.ru excoriating Vladimir Putin.    This is  not
> Pravda, as I gather, the
> Communist Party publication, but an internet publication bearing almost
> the same name.
>
> The question, simply, is, "do Russians read Pravda.ru?" -- in other words,
> did McCain reach
> any Russians buy publishing it there?    If you were to advise McCain,
> where
> would you recommend his letter be published so that the majority of
> Russian citizens could
> see it (assuming, of course, it would be published)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> George Kalbouss
> The Ohio State University
>
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