What Kommersant.ru does

Kommersant.ru is the digital flagship of АО «Коммерсантъ» (Kommersant Publishing House), one of Russia's oldest and most influential business news media brands, founded in 1990 and headquartered in Moscow at Oruzheyny pereulok 41. The company operates a horizontally diversified multi-platform media business: a daily print newspaper, the kommersant.ru website, Kommersant FM radio, the Weekend lifestyle magazine, the Autopilot automotive publication, Kommersant Games, a regional news network covering 22 Russian cities, email newsletters, and a conferences and events business. Coverage spans economy, finance, business, politics, world affairs, telecom, society, culture, sports, real estate, investments, careers, technology, health, and science. Distribution includes direct APK, RuStore, and Huawei AppGallery for the Android mobile app, alongside the print newspaper, FM stream, and self-serve web subscription product. The business serves a dual readership: Russian business professionals and executives (the primary segment, consuming political, economic, and financial reporting) and general news readers, with the company explicitly positioning itself as a reliable, investigative source of business journalism.

The underlying technology stack is a conventional multi-channel publishing platform with text and image content processing, a user behavior tracking and content recommendation system, and a recently launched "intelligent" site search. The revenue model is two-stream: (1) advertising across web, print, radio, and conferences, with direct sales contacts listed ([email protected]) and a downloadable 2026 media kit, and (2) recurring subscriptions for digital and print+digital packages on an annual billing cadence, with specific pricing not publicly disclosed. Adjacent revenue comes from conferences, content licensing, and sub-brand monetization (lifestyle, auto, games, investment verticals). The company is privately held, structured as a Russian Joint Stock Company (АО), with no disclosed external investors, parent company, or M&A activity, and has been self-funding operations. Leadership is led by CTO Albert Nikitin alongside photo and sound production chiefs, consistent with a multimedia-first editorial organization.

Name

Kommersant.ru

Legal name

АО «Коммерсантъ»

Website

https://kommersant.ru

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Kommersant.ru is the digital platform of АО «Коммерсантъ», one of Russia's leading business and political news media holdings, operating a multi-platform ecosystem — daily print newspaper, website, FM radio, mobile app, regional news network, lifestyle and automotive magazines, and conferences — that serves Russian business professionals, executives, and general news readers with advertising and subscription revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business News Media

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

Business, Financial & Trade News Publishers (MPAJADAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

National & General-Interest Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAA)

Keywords

• Business journalism
• Daily newspaper
• Digital news media
• Business publishing
• News aggregation

Headquarters

HQ city

Moscow

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Advertising: The publication generates revenue through advertising placements on its website, in print editions, on radio, and at conferences. The advertising page lists direct sales contacts for advertising inquiries.
2. Subscriptions: Revenue generated from digital and print subscriptions. The site offers subscription services with various plans including digital-only and print+digital packages.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kommersant.ru operates a multi-platform business news media ecosystem centered on its daily Kommersant newspaper and the kommersant.ru website. It produces and distributes original Russian business, political, and economic journalism across print, web, mobile applications, and radio (Kommersant FM), supplemented by lifestyle (Weekend), automotive (Autopilot), and entertainment (Games) verticals.

Product overview

Kommersant.ru is a multi-platform business media ecosystem operated by Kommersant Publishing House (Izdatelskiy Dom Kommersant), Russia's leading business journalism outlet. The core offering consists of the Kommersant Daily newspaper and its associated website (kommersant.ru), supplemented by Kommersant FM radio, the Weekend lifestyle magazine, the Autopilot automotive publication, and the Kommersant Games entertainment section. The platform provides comprehensive coverage across Economy, Finance, Business, Politics, World affairs, Telecom, Society, Culture, Sports, Real Estate, Investments, Careers, Technology, Health, Style, Science, and Country/Regions. Mobile access is enabled via dedicated Android applications distributed through APK, RuStore, and AppGallery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Коммерсантъ FM: Radio station operated by Kommersant media holding
• Ъ-Инвестиции
• HyperТекст
• Weekend
• Review

Products and services

• Kommersant.ru Website

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• RBC (RosBusinessConsulting): Major Russian business news media group with online portal, TV channel, and newspaper — competes directly with Kommersant in Russian-language business news, market data, and analytical content for professional readers.
• Vedomosti: Russian daily business newspaper covering finance, economics, and politics — the most direct domestic competitor to Kommersant in business journalism, targeting the same executive and professional audience with both print and digital distribution.
• Forbes Russia: Russian edition of Forbes focused on business, finance, and wealthy individuals — a direct competitor in the premium business news segment with overlapping audience of executives and high-net-worth readers.
• Interfax: Major Russian news agency providing wire-service style business, political, and financial news — a direct peer in the professional news information space, serving enterprises and government clients with similar content verticals.

Emerging players

• The Bell: Independent Russian business and economics news outlet focused on digital-first delivery — an emerging digital-native competitor targeting overlapping executive and professional subscribers with business and policy analysis.
• Meduza: Independent Russian-language news outlet (now Latvia-based) covering Russia news, politics, and business — an emerging digital-first competitor in the Russian-language news space, reaching overlapping professional readers through online and app distribution.

Broad incumbents

• RIA Novosti: Large Russian state-owned news agency providing broad-spectrum domestic and international news including business and politics — competes in the same news verticals with a wider general-interest scope than Kommersant's business focus.
• Kommersant FM (cross-listed: not applicable; using external): BFM.ru is a major Russian business news portal and radio station, providing financial, economic, and business news 24/7 — a broad incumbent in the same business news space with overlapping multimedia (radio + digital) format.
• TASS: Russian state news agency covering politics, business, economics, and international affairs at national scale — a broad incumbent operating across the same editorial verticals with much larger resource base and broader scope.
• Financial Times: Global business newspaper with strong brand equity in business journalism — a broad incumbent reference peer that demonstrates the international business news model Kommersant emulates domestically, with subscription and advertising monetization.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kommersant
• Facebookfacebook.com/kommersant.ru
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kommersant

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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