Russian Canadian Info
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Russian Canadian Info is one among numerous Canadian periodicals in the Russian language.
History and profile
Russian Canadian Info was created as a small home-based business built by a family of immigrants from Saint Petersburg, Russia and had only 32 pages. The newspaper was founded in 1991. It now has around 56 pages of local, country and global information for Russian-speaking Canadians.[1]
It is published by Russian Infotrade Ltd. alongside another weekly newspaper, Gazeta Plus. The publication had a circulation of roughly 15,000 as of 2002, under the leadership of president Boris Nusenbaum and editor Arkadii Tiurin. It is included in the National Library of Canada’s ethnic newspaper collection. Distribution was free within Toronto, while a fee was charged for readers outside the Greater Toronto Area.[2]
In 2002, a newspaper published an article criticizing several Jewish Russian oligarchs and warning of the potential for future pogroms. The piece drew criticism, leading the publication to issue an apology.[3]
It has special arrangements with Canada Post to send it to subscribers throughout Canada and as far as British Columbia. The periodical is also sent to the United States.[citation needed]