Outlet track record
Izvestia
Russian state-aligned (Kremlin-friendly)
Izvestia is a major Moscow daily owned by the National Media Group of Putin ally Yuri Kovalchuk. Its coverage generally follows Kremlin lines. Toward the Trump administration it is mixed: it tends to treat Trump personally as a possible negotiating partner while criticizing U.S. sanctions, Ukraine policy and other American actions. I found no direct recent Izvestia coverage in my searches, so this stance is a judgment from the outlet's general orientation.
Owned byNational Media Group, a holding controlled through Bank Rossiya. Its key figure is Yuri Kovalchuk, a longtime associate of Vladimir Putin. National Media Group bought a controlling stake from Gazprom-Media in 2008.
LeaningRussian state-aligned (Kremlin-friendly)
On the administrationmixed
5.5average bias score across 2 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun