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November 18, 2011 Interfax, Sport-Express set up sports news agency
The leading Russian sports newspaper Sport-Express and the largest Russian private news agency, Interfax, have announced the creation of a sports news agency. The new agency, called Sport Express-Interfax, aims to create and promote a specialized online edition - a sports newswire covering sports events in Russia and abroad. "Thousands of Interfax subscribers - politicians, business people, journalists - are fans of various sports. And they have long been asking us to provide more extensive coverage of sports events on our newswires. With the emergence of a new strategic partner, we shall be able to not only improve significantly the news content delivered to our clients, but also to expand the volume of sports information which is, in particular, openly available on the agency‘s website. For its part, Sport-Express will be able to occupy a new market niche which targets both professionals and mass media," said Mikhail Komissar, the General Director at the Interfax news agency. "For the first time, Sport-Express is entering the sports news market in the B2B segment. I think that pooling together their capabilities will enable Sport-Express Holding and Interfax Group to become the leader on the sports news market not only in Russia but in the entire post-Soviet space," said Ivan Rubin, the General Director at Sport-Express. *** Interfax is the leading Russian news agency. The company‘s main advantages are the unique experience in gathering, processing, storing and distributing the original and quality information, creating innovative delivery solutions and a long-standing reputation as an objective, credible and independent source of news. Interfax is the creator of a family of high-tech information analytical products, EFIR, SPARK and SCAN, which provide solutions for effective risk management, marketing and decision making. *** The Sport-Express newspaper was founded in 1991 and is one of the most authoritative and popular national sports newspapers. The newspaper has more than 500,000 daily readers. Sport-Express is the only Russian representative in the European Sports Magazines, an influential European association of sports-related publications.
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has given an interview to Interfax ahead of his visit to Russia on May 16-19 in which he speaks about the goals of his visit, pressing tasks that the UN face, the organization‘s reform, as well as topical issues on the international agenda, including situation in Syria and the Middle East settlement.
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Deputy NATO Secretary General Alexander Vershbow, who is visiting Moscow for an informal conference of former U.S. ambassadors to Russia and Russian ambassador to the United States, has given an interview to Interfax in which he speaks about NATO-Russia cooperation, as well as pressing issues on the international agenda, such as the missile defense issue, North Korea, Syria and Afghanistan.
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British Foreign Secretary William Hague has given an interview to Interfax‘ journalist Olga Golovanova ahead of the 2+2 meeting slated for March 13 in London, on which he speaks about the agenda of the upcoming 2+2 talks, the whole range of British-Russian relations, including human rights, as well as pressing international issues notably Syria.
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Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, who took part in the first meeting of Russian-LAS forum at the ministerial level in Moscow, has given an interview to Interfax in which he speaks about arms trade with Russia, prospects of Russian oil companies in Iraq and the attitude of Arab countries to Russia‘s position on Syria.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks about the tasks facing the Foreign Ministry in 2013 and the ministry‘s approach to key international problems in an interview given to Interfax in the run-up to the New Year holidays.
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EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstrom gas given an interview to Interfax on visa issues ahead of the Russia-EU summit due on December 21 in Brussels.
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During Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski visit to Moscow on Tuesday, December 17, he had an interview with Interfax in the wake of his talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in which he speaks about the Polish position on the Katyn case, the return of the Polish presidential jet wreckage and EU-Russia visa relations.
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