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Native name | РБК-Україна |
|---|---|
| Company type | News agency |
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Founder | Yosyp Pintus |
| Headquarters | Kyiv,Ukraine |
Key people | Yosyp Pintus |
| Products | News Analytics Entertainment |
| Owner | LLC "UBT" |
RBC-Ukraine (Ukrainian:РБК-Україна,romanized: RBK-Ukraina) is a Ukrainian news agency. Founded in 2006 as a division of the Russian media holdingRBK 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 businessmanYosyp Pintus. On January 29, 2016, the Russian holding "RBC" tried to challenge the use of the "RBC" brand in court, and lost the case.[citation needed]
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[1] and the magazineKommersant Ukraine.[citation needed] From July 2017 to 2022, the chief editor was Serhiy Shcherbyna.[2]
RBC-Ukraine is a Ukrainian information portal specializing in financial, economic, and political news of Ukraine and the world.[3][4] "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.[5][6][7]
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"[8] (news about culture, fashion, health, technology, and cars) and the English-language publication NewsUkraine.rbc.ua.[9] From 2006 to 2008, the media director was journalist and media managerRoman 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").[10] The updated site was divided into News, Daily, and Styler.[11] In 2018, the "Lite" section was created on the site, specializing in news about celebrities, beauty, and fashion.
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".[12] In July 2016, the information was completely removed.[13] In April 2014, it was announced that the agency had separated from the Russian RBC and has since been legally independent.[14][15] As of April 2015, the founder of the information agency "RBC-Ukraine" (certificate No. 402—264 PR from April 6, 2015) became the Ukrainian company "UBT", owned by Yosyp Pintus[14] who was involved in the creation of the agency "RBC-Ukraine" from the very beginning.[16]
Since 2015, LLC "RBC-Ukraine" has no relation to the agency. In 2015, employees of theSBU demanded a copy of the registration of the agency "RBC-Ukraine" in Ukraine, as in February of that year, theVRU 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.[17] Most major Ukrainian online media are owned byoligarchs 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.[18]
According to the serviceSocialbakers, the information portal "RBC-Ukraine" in February 2020 ranked first in the number of subscribers onFacebook with an audience of 1.75 million readers.[19][20] the Ukrainian-language[21] — 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.[22] Since the beginning of 2020, the RBC-Ukraine site has ranked first in terms of visits among Ukrainian media.[23]
In September 2020, VOXUkraine analyzed 14,000 news stories from 26 major Ukrainian internet media. Materials from the sites of RBC-Ukraine andInterfax-Ukraine were recognized as the most cited among other media.[24] According to a study by theInstitute of Mass Information 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.[25] 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.[26] 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.[27]
After the site update in September 2016, the main sections of the site are:
Previouseditors-in-chief included:
From 2006 to 2008, the media director of "RBC-Ukraine" wasRoman 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.[41]
On 29 January 2016, the RussianRoskomnadzor blocked the RBC-Ukraine site within the territory of the Russian Federation for "extremist materials",[42] commenting it as "withBandera supporters, we have a short conversation".[43][44]