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Interfax

Russian, privately owned (Kremlin-tolerant)

Owned byPrivately held Russian company controlled by founder Mikhail Komissar, who is chairman and CEO. It runs subsidiaries and affiliates, including Interfax-Ukraine and Interfax-Religion. Interfax-Ukraine operates separately in Kyiv, and this profile does not cover it in detail.
FundingMainly paid subscriptions to its news and financial data services from corporations, banks, government bodies and media. It also earns revenue from analytics, databases and related information products. It is not funded directly by the state budget, but many of its clients are state-linked.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

Interfax was founded in September 1989, during the late Soviet period of perestroika and glasnost, by Mikhail Komissar and colleagues from Radio Moscow. It began by sending news by fax, which gave it its name, and it was one of the first non-state news services in the USSR. It grew into one of Russia's main news agencies, serving the former Soviet region with news, business and financial information. Komissar remains its controlling shareholder and head. Its subscription model, aimed at business and institutional clients, has given it a reputation for speed and relatively dry, factual reporting. It is often quoted by Western outlets when officials give statements or interviews to it. It still works under Russian legal and political constraints, including censorship laws on coverage of the war in Ukraine, so its political reporting tends to reflect official Russian positions and framing. In 2026 it has continued to report on Trump-related developments, such as possible secondary sanctions on Russia, Ukraine settlement efforts, and statements by Russian officials, mostly as news reporting rather than commentary. This profile draws on a limited number of sources, so the 2026 stance assessment is a general characterization and not a detailed content analysis.

Sources

  1. Interfax (Wikipedia)
  2. Interfax (Media Bias/Fact Check)
  3. Interfax News Agency (Encyclopedia.com)
  4. Interfax Top Stories: Trump
  5. Interfax-Ukraine (Wikipedia)

Profile compiled 2026-10-27; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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