First Romani newspaper in Russia

15 August 2001

The Russian national daily newspaper Nezavisimaya gazeta reported on June 26, 2001, that the first issue of a Romani newspaper had been published in Samara, central Russia, a town with a large Romani population. The paper is called Romani Duma, reportedly has an initial press run of 20,000, and is the first newspaper in Russia aimed at the Romani community.

(Nezavisimaya gazeta)