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[The St. Petersburg Times in Russia appears to have stopped publishing new articles]
The St. Petersburg Times ^ | 16 March 2015 | The St. Petersburg Times

Posted on 03/16/2015 7:07:51 AM PDT by WhiskeyX

[The St. Petersburg Times in Russia appears to have stopped publishing new articles since January 2015]

Russian Businessman Buys 'Leviathan' Skeleton for Moscow Lawn The St. Petersburg Times Published: January 31, 2015 (Issue # 1844)

Translation Is New Weapon in Propaganda War By Michele A. Berdy The St. Petersburg Times Published: January 31, 2015 (Issue # 1844)

Russians Say They Fear Hunger, Unemployment and Nuclear War By Anna Dolgov The St. Petersburg Times Published: January 31, 2015 (Issue # 1844)

(Excerpt) Read more at sptimes.ru ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: journalism; russia
What happened to the St. Petersburg Times in Russia to cause them to stop publishing news since January 2015?
1 posted on 03/16/2015 7:07:51 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX

Maybe they are a business. Sometime businesses go out of business. I'm not going to some ***.ru Russian site to find out.

2 posted on 03/16/2015 7:11:31 AM PDT by McGruff (Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.)
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To: WhiskeyX

Putin was liquidated?


3 posted on 03/16/2015 7:13:02 AM PDT by null and void (Obama has received so many Pinocchios Valerie Jarret's secret service code name is Geppetto.)
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To: WhiskeyX

Because it changed its name to the Tampa Bay Times... </s>


4 posted on 03/16/2015 7:17:22 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: null and void
...or not.

Vlad's back! Pale-looking Putin jokes 'life would be boring without gossip'

5 posted on 03/16/2015 7:18:00 AM PDT by null and void (Obama has received so many Pinocchios Valerie Jarret's secret service code name is Geppetto.)
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To: chajin

The Tampa Bay Times is not in Russia...yet.


6 posted on 03/16/2015 7:29:53 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: McGruff

The Website is still online. They just haven’t posted new articles. The circumstances invite the question of whether or not Putin and the Kremlin have anything to do with silencing yet another Russian publisher?


7 posted on 03/16/2015 7:33:59 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX

common practice for Putin. Has it been blocked in Russia?


8 posted on 03/16/2015 7:37:53 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: chajin

The New York Times has had to down size.


9 posted on 03/16/2015 9:22:22 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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