Starting a weekly business newspaper in a city that very few non-Russians could point out on a map sounds like a massive undertaking. Add advertisers who are used to preferential treatment and local authorities who are unaccustomed to criticism and it’s clear that Delovaya gazeta Yug faces a number of exciting challenges.
The Russian economy can be described in quite simple terms. First comes Moscow. Then comes nothing. Next comes St. Petersburg. Then comes nothing. Finally, there are just over a dozen cities with populations around or above one million.
