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Regnum is a Russian news agency and online publication. He specializes in events in the post-Soviet space and in the near abroad of Russia. Associated with the Russian leadership — Modest Kolerov, co-founder and editor-in-chief — Russian political strategist, worked in the presidential administration.

History
Regnum was founded on July 22, 2002 by publisher Boris Sorkin and former official Modest Kolerov. From the moment of foundation of the agency until March 22, 2003 its editor-in-chief was Kolerov, then he was replaced by Konstantin Kazenin. From November 2007 to August 2009, the editor-in-chief of the agency was Vigen Hakobyan, who was again replaced by Modest Kolerov.

In 2009, the REX news agency was created to present expert assessments and opinions on the directions of development in the economy. The editor-in-chief and CEO of REX was Evgeny Moskvichev.

On May 10, 2012, the agency posted information on its website, according to which the Cypriot company, whose name and beneficiary were not disclosed, acquired a stake in the agency, in connection with which Modest Kolerov left the agency, and Vigen Hakobyan became the new chief editor of the agency again. Subsequently, Sorkin began a new project – “Eurasia Daily”, in which Hakobyan and several journalists left Regnum. Kolerov returned to the post of editor-in-chief.

In 2014, there were changes in the ownership structure of the news agency and control over it passed to an offshore company registered in Cyprus. After that, Yulia Krizhanskaya, curator of information projects of the left-patriotic movement Essence of Time, was appointed as the new general director.

Since 2015, the agency has been owned by Sergey Rudnov, the founder of the Baltic Media Group, the son of Oleg Rudnov.

In December 2016, the Belarusian authorities arrested three Belarusian journalists Regnum, accusing them of “inciting enmity and discord between the peoples of Belarus and Russia”, “extremism”, negative assessments of the policy pursued by the authorities, in particular – unacceptable, according to the authorities, criticism of the policy of “Belarusianization”. Citizens of Belarus Dmitry Alimkin from Brest, as well as Minsk residents Yuri Pavlovets (at the time of arrest – associate professor of BSUIR) and Sergey Shiptenko (editor-in-chief of the magazine “New Economy”) spent 14 months in the detention center No. 1 of the UDIN of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (“Volodarka”). All three did not recognize the charges brought against them, claimed falsification of the materials of a politically motivated criminal case, persecution for their views and beliefs. In February 2018, they were sentenced to five years in prison under Part 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code of Belarus (“extremism”) with a postponement of the sentence for three years and a ban on leaving Belarus.

In 2020, Regnum won a case in the European Court of Human Rights against the Russian Federation on violations of freedom of speech.

Change of leadership in November 2022
On November 2, 2022, editor-in-chief Modest Kolerov said that Regnum temporarily suspended broadcasting due to a change of leadership in the company