Propaganda becomes more expensive

• 13.05.2013, 9:47

Belarus’ newspapers have raised the prices of subscriptions to their print versions for the latter half of 2013 compared with the first six months of the year.

In particular, major government-controlled national newspapers, such as Sovetskaya Belorussiya, Zvyazda, Respublika, Narodnaya Gazeta and Belorusskaya Niva, raised their six-month subscription rates by 18.2 percent to 234,000 rubels, and another government-controlled newspaper, Znamya Yunosti, increased it by 22.9 percent to 129,000 rubels.

The price of subscription to the Belarus editions of Russia’s popular newspapers Komsomolskaya Pravda and Argumenty i Fakty rose by 19.5 percent to 561,300 rubels and by 12.1 percent to 111,550 rubels, respectively.

A six-month subscription to Belorusskaya Voyennaya Gazeta (the defense ministry’s publication) increased in price by 25.6 percent to 136,800 rubels and the price of a six-month subscription to Na Strazhe (the interior ministry’s newspaper) rose by 23.6 percent to 122,400 rubels.