© "Vedomosti"Sanoma Independent Media Publishing House closed Vedomosti. Friday - Friday application to the Vedomosti business newspaper.
According to Lenta.ru with reference to a source in the media holding, the last issue of the publication "Vedomosti. Pyatnitsa" was released last week. The decision to close is possibly associated with the pre -sale preparation of Russian assets of the Finnish holding Sanoma .
Appendix "Vedomosti. Friday ”was published since May 2006 every week on Fridays. It published announcements of cultural events in Moscow and St. Petersburg - concerts, performances, exhibitions - as well as materials about fashion, food, house, travel, and cars. The declared circulation in Moscow was 50,000 copies.
In addition to Vedomosti, the Sanoma Independent Media ID issues Russian versions of Cosmopolitan , Esquire , Harper's Bazaar magazines.
In October last year, the Finnish media group Sanoma began negotiations with potential buyers of its Russian assets. In April, information appeared that negotiations were interrupted due to Western sanctions against the Russian Federation, which had a negative impact on the assessment of Russian media.