Western Press Media Group

25 years in the market of print and electronic media. The largest holding in the region is headed by founders Marina Vasilieva and Alexander Vlasov and editor-in-chief Lyubov Antonova. Under their management, there are eight newspapers, five magazines, 12 websites, and two radio stations. They have the task to provide trustworthy and expert information promptly. All sorts of surveys and awards, and most importantly, the trust and interest of regular subscribers and listeners, prove how the Western Press media group copes with this.

Mediagroup publishes the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda: it was the first in the country to produce a regional section. The newspaper has the highest print run per 100,000 people and the third most visited kp.ru Kaliningrad site in the country.

It publishes Argumenty i Fakty with a regional insert, a local newspaper Kaliningrad Country, a local free newspaper Vecherniy Tramway, several glossy magazines, and two radio stations — Business FM — Kaliningrad and Komsomolskaya Pravda.

The journalists and editors of the Western Pressa media group are multiple winners of industry-specific professional competitions held by the Russian Union of Journalists, the «Journalist of the Year» competition, and the «Vmeste Radio». Journalists are also annually awarded with signs of appreciation from government authorities and departments and charitable organizations. Podcast105 of the KLOPS website was awarded a Certificate of Merit from the Investigative Committee of Russia.

Media leaders

Dmitry Podgorchuk, general director of the KLOPS and RBC Kaliningrad projects, media manager.

Achievements of the KLOPS project — maintaining positive financial indicators of the projects in the crisis covid years, the launch of several new projects (podcasts, vertical video service), an increase in audience indicators.

Vasily Masalsky, editor-in-chief, Radio KP Kaliningrad

More than 50 author’s programs and special projects are aired regularly, where experts discuss current events, analyze the causes and make predictions for the future. Vasily is the host of the podcast «Not Ashamed,» where together with sexologist and co-host Yulia Nedolia, he brings up bold topics of sex and relationships, and (with his wife’s consent, of course) shares his experiences.

Anton Khomenko, editor-in-chief of Business FM Kaliningrad, journalist, blogger, stand-up artist

In addition to news, reports and special projects on Business FM Kaliningrad, which have consistently been in the top 3 best in the competition «Vmeste Radio», writes articles in the business publication Royal Gate, runs a telegram channel «Fak yu, Spielberg», podcast «Why no hat? «(in 2019, this project was recognized as the best in the category «Family and Relationships» at the Russian Podcast Awards) and the podcast «The Flexible Healthy Living» — about how to seamlessly integrate a healthy lifestyle into your routine and be fit and beautiful, without denying yourself almost nothing.

Business FM Kaliningrad

101.8 is an online news, expert comments, and business analysis of key events. Daily columns and special projects — investments, real estate, cars, travel, restaurant criticism, the luxury goods market, high-tech, arts — the radio station focuses on everything of interest.

Sofya Sarayeva, editor-in-chief of King’s Gate magazine, journalist, artist

In 2015 Sofya joined the editorial board of the iconic business publication in Kaliningrad Royal Gates, becoming its editor-in-chief and regular author. She participated in the compilations Made in Kaliningrad (2018) and Top 100: First Person Business (2019). She studied painting under Konstantin Zagoskin, Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation, member of the Union of Artists of Russia. Her passion for art and the creation of paintings became the occasion for a series of interviews with Kaliningrad artists. 38 essays by Sofya Sarayeva were published in 2018−2019 on the pages of the magazine Royal Gate in the column «Art Market». The essays were later included in the almanac «Graphics, painting, sculpture of the Kaliningrad region».

Royal gate

Editor-in-chief Lyubov Antonova, director Elena Kovaleva

The publication is 22 years old. The target audience of Korolevskie Vorota is the «corporation» of Kaliningrad business — top managers, executives, and owners of companies working in Kaliningrad. The magazine is delivered to the address with a constant circulation of 3,000 copies. From the glossy «vanity fair» of the early and mid-noughties, after the financial crisis of 2008−2009, the Royal Gate magazine drifted towards business journalism, continuing to be printed on a high-quality polygraphic level, attracting the best photographers and authors. The editorial board has published three compilations about the leaders of Kaliningrad business TOP-100 (2007, 2008, and 2019), the collection Graphics, painting, and sculpture of the Kaliningrad region (2018), the book Multinational Kaliningrad Region, the reprint of the book Trophies of the Great Victory. Kaliningrad region in four languages.

Karen Apriants, editor-in-chief of Baltic Broadway magazine and Tvoi Bro website

Since 2020, he has served as editor-in-chief of Baltic Broadway magazine and the Tvoi Bro website. He is also the organizer of the annual restaurant award of the Kaliningrad region «Pumpernickel». In 2021, he participated in the development of the same-named recommendation service for Kaliningrad restaurants.