Glavred The New Times said about the failure of printing print magazine – RBC

Chief editor of The New Times Yevgenia Albats

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for the first eight years of cooperation, the printing house” Pushkinskaya Ploshchad “without explanation refused to print The New Times, told the radio station” Echo Moscow “chief editor Yevgenia Albats journal

« Unfortunately, I must inform the reader that on Monday, the magazine did not come any stalls or in shops or to subscribers. Today, printing house “Pushkinskaya Ploshchad”, which published the magazine for eight years, before which we have zero debt, announced that the next number is printed can not “- said in a live radio station” Echo of Moscow “chief editor Yevgenia Albats

Obligations between the editorial office and printing press there, said Albats, since the last three months for each edition signed a separate contract, and now it simply copies the printing house is not a signatory. “I can not get through to the printing management. Neither the CEO nor his deputy did not take mobile phones, but their secretariat said that they are a production meeting “, – said the chief editor of the journal

The output log data indicates that it is printed in the company” Almaz-Press. “circulation of 25 thousand. copies. On the Web site stated that from May 1, all production facilities are located on the base

printing complex “Pushkin Square.” The printing house “Pushkinskaya Ploshchad” promised to link the RBC with the sales department and stopped answering calls. The telephone number listed on the website “Almaz-Press,” also promised to link with the management, and then said they would not comment.

According to “SPARK-Interfax”, 94.52% of “PC Pushkinskaya Ploshchad “belongs BPO” Printers “, controlled by” Bank of Moscow “, included in VTB group. CJSC “Almaz-press” also belongs to VTB (owned 100%), it should be from the same base. VTB as a shareholder does not interfere in the operations of the company and the specific management solutions, RBC reported.

According to Albats, representatives of printing did not explain the reasons for refusal, explaining that’s just “some kind of congestion».

Who is operating the printing load is 140%, says a source close to the leadership of printing. In this regard, the management was forced to choose the most margin orders, and there have been several cases in which he was compelled to refuse clients, including one of the largest retail chains, adds RBC companion.

«You have to understand that printing house “Pushkinskaya Ploshchad” – is the result of a merger of the two largest printing companies “Almaz-press” and “Pushkinskaya Ploshchad”, – said Albats. This merger was made in part because of spare capacity, says Albats. According to her, on a printing press was a major reduction in staff, and she is very surprised that the printing house refused to 450 thousand. Rub., Which edition pays for the printing of each print run.

In February 2016 The New Times received his first warning from Roskomnadzor. The supervisory agency has found a violation in the article “If only there was no war,” published in the January issue of the magazine in the category “January our discontent.” The text referred to the organization banned in Russia “Right Sector”, but in the material indicated that its activities were banned by the Supreme Court.