Hamburg" as the source of this information. Next day, a German based newspaper OstWest published an article revealing the spread of false information by a number of Russian media outlets, including Gazeta. According to OstWest and Die Welt, "german Abendlich Hamburg" is a Russian website that is disguised as German and copies articles from the Russian state broadcaster RT. Sara Pagung, expert at the German Council on Foreign Relations, commenting on the appearance of an article in Gazeta.Ru, notes that "It is not uncommon to create fake news pages that you can then refer to. Later, larger media pick it up". Awards and recognitions In 2009 Gazeta.Ru was recognized as the best business media at the All-Russian Business Journalism Content of the RUIE. In 2010 Gazeta.Ru was awarded in the category “Section of the Year” at the RUIE All-Russian Business Journalism Content. References External links Official Instagram account (in Russian) 1999 establishments in Russia Russian news websites