The St Petersburg Press was launched in May 1993 by a team of four founders (a New Zealander, an American and two Russians). It is a weekly newspaper with a (hard copy) print run of 15,000 copies. The St Petersburg Press joined the World Wide Web in July of 1993, in the runup to that year's Goodwill Games international sporting event, which focused international attention on St Petersburg.

The St Petersburg Press was the first English-language newspaper in Russia to publish on the Web. For a long time we were the only one. It was exciting for us when we discovered we weren't alone! At the other end of the Russia, in Vladivostok on the Pacific coast, another team is producing Russia's other English-language newspaper on the Web, the Vladivostok News.

What is not in the electronic version
Due to contractual requirements, articles supplied by the Reuters and Severo-Zapad wire services are excluded from the electronic St Petersburg Press. We apologize for any inconvenience. Readers wishing to read the complete St Petersburg Press can subscribe to the printed version.

We have a mirror site
The St Petersburg Press is also available through a mirror site in cooperation with Friends and Partners. Our readers on the American continent may find it quicker to access The Press since its 100th issue through this service, based in Knoxville, Tenn.