The St. Petersburg Times is a weekly, English-language

English language

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 newspaper based in St. Petersburg, Russia

Russia

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. It serves the expatriate community, tourists, and Russians interested in an international perspective on local and world affairs. It has been published since May 1993.

The newspaper, and its sister weekly

Weekly newspaper

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, the Moscow Times, are published by Independent Media which is owned by the Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

-based Sanoma Corporation, publisher of Helsinki's Helsingin Sanomat

Helsingin Sanomat

Helsingin Sanomat is the largest subscription newspaper in Finland and the Nordic countries, owned by Sanoma. Except after certain holidays, it is published daily. In 2008, its daily circulation was 412,421 on weekdays and 468,505 on Sundays...

.

Notable contributors to the paper include Matthew Reuben Brown who worked there for over 7 years.

External links

The St. Petersburg Times, Russia The St. Petersburg Times, Russia Moscow Times