Lenta PMR News Agency
The news agency Lenta PMR (Russian: Лента ПМР) was a non-governmental, nationwide online news service disseminating news from Transnistria, Moldova and abroad.
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| Type | Private limited company |
|---|---|
| Industry | News media |
| Founded | July 2004 |
| Defunct | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Tiraspol, Transnistria, Moldova |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Roman Konoplev (Editor 07.2004–03.2008), Dmitry Soin (Editor 04.2008–2013) |
| Products | Wire service |
| Website | tiras.ru |
History
Lenta PMR was founded in July 2004 by Russian strategist and publicist Roman Konoplev. The agency published news and analysis of social-political, economic, scientific and financial subjects on the Internet and via e-mail. The main purpose of the project was to analyse the situation in Moldova and Pridnestrovie (also known as Transnistria).
The last editor-in-chief of Lenta PMR was a Transnistrian politician Dmitry Soin.
After the presidential elections of 2011 in Transnistria the agency Lenta PMR has become known as an opposition-leaning.[1]
In December 2012 news agency was banned in Transnistria.[2]
References
External links
- Official website (in Russian)
- “A Quarrel In A Far-Away Country”: The Rise Of A Budzhak People’s Republic?
