"Lenta.ru" will have a new chief

Since August 14, the head of the Internet publication “Lenta.ru”, instead of Alexander Belonovsky, will be the head of the Internet and the media, Vladimir Todorov.

According to RBC , citing sources in the editorial office of Lenta.ru , his deputy Mikhail Pak will leave the current chief editor.

Information on changes in the leadership of the editorial office of Lenta.ru was confirmed by Matvey Alekseev. The director of external communications of the Rambler and Co group, which owns the publication.

“There will really be changes. In the near future there will be an official release, ”said Alekseev.

According to political scientist Leonid Davydov, Belonovsky and some other Lenta.ru journalists will work on the website of iz.ru (Izvestia), owned by the national media group.

Alexander Belonovsky headed the editorial office of Lenta.ru in early 2016, coming to the place of Alexei Goroclavsky, who became the head of the spring in 2014 after the dismissal of Galina Timchenko from this position.