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“Nasha
Gazeta” – Russian language newspaper in Ireland in association
with “Sorussi” (Society of Russian speakers in Ireland
) , Know Racism and Irish Russian Enterprise centre has
conduct a quality needs analysis of Russian speakers in
Ireland. |
Where
Russian speakers come to Ireland from?
The former Soviet
Union has consisted of fifteen republics with Russia
itself as federation structure. After collapse of Soviet Union
in 1991 and following age of financial crisis in Russia
and most of 15 former Union's republics a lot of people
in the circumstances we shown below are migrate between
these countries and abroad. Some of them set themselves
in Ireland. We mean Russian speakers as people who
aloud to speak and understand in Russian tongue as
their native language or as main language additionally to their
mother tongue. As most of people who aloud to speak
Russian became to Ireland from former USSR they are aloud to
speak and understand in Russian as this language was in most
of Educational programme.
How many
Russian speakers set in Ireland?
It is difficult to calculate exact number
of former Soviet Union's nationalities living in Ireland
now. There is number of official source who can provide
a figure of nationalities. Department of Enterprise trade
and employment has issued 2424 work permits to Lithuanian,
2135- Latvians, 1432- Ukrainian, 567 – Russians and 507–
Moldavian citizens. But the same time in Census 2002
2500 people living in Ireland indicate themselves as Russian.
We are estimate bigger nations in Russian speaking community
rating: Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Moldavian, Russian,
BeloRussian, Georgian, Armenian, Azerbaijan , Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz, Estonian
and other.
Why people migrate?
Main reason why people decide to leave
their motherland is aspiration for improvement their family
prosperity, improvement of living and educational condition
for their children. As other reason people indicate number
of factors:
-military operations an some
regions in Russia and former Soviet Union;
-discrimination of non native
population if some of former republics such us Baltic
states against Russian, Ukranian, BeloRussian;
-oppositional politics
point of view in Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Belorussia;
-crime situation in Russia.
As separate reason some people
were invited to Ireland as professionals in various area:
software developers, IT specialists, scientists, workers
and service area. Usually people decide to choice Ireland
occasionally except some young couples who specially
set themselves in Ireland to born baby.
What are the most important community
challenges?
The research
shown follow rating of problems was met by Russian speakers
migrant arrived to Ireland. Most important issue indicated
by respondents of survey is null information about Irish legislation,
a specially immigration law, labour law, taxation and many
other aspects. No one of participants of survey named any state or
voluntary organisation who can help to migrants. As information
source people named other compatriots who set themselves in
Ireland before. But the same time Russian speakers who arrived
to Ireland before are not willingly share the information
their got because pay high cost for these information or getting
these information with difficulties.
The second problem in the rating of issues is language
barrier. Most of immigrant do not speak English properly
or ever speak English.
Why Russian newspaper need?
In 2001 when huge number of immigrants from
former USSR came to Ireland the same requirements as named above are
became to reality. Number of ex-pats businessmen and
few former journalists decide to run Russian language newspaper
to provide coverage on the following areas on a twice
a month basis: Home News, Features, Immigrants' issues and
law, History of Russian-Irish immigration, past and present
issues relating to the Russian Orthodox Church, Irish-Russian
cultural links, Consumer information People and life
in Ireland, Classified Advertising. There was no name for
this newspaper for first three issues, than reader decided
to call it “Nasha Gazeta” what means “Our Newspaper”.
The first Chief- editor of “Nasha Gazeta” was Anna Lebedeva.
She previously worked as a chief-editor of the newsroom
at a private TV company, political and social correspondent
in leading regional newspapers and radio companies, co-owned
a small media production group in Russia . Currently
she works as a freelance journalist and community developer
in Dublin . The publisher of the newspaper Mr. Sergey
Tarutin one of Russian businessmen in Ireland is same time member
of Board of Directors for Irish Russian enterprise Centre.
Now office of “Nasha Gazeta” situated in
55 O'Connell Street lower, Dublin 1
Nasha Gazeta today is twice a month publication measures
340 x 260 mm (tabloid size). The number of pages produced
per issue is twelve. There are 4 columns to a page measuring
64 mm in width and 376 mm in length, accommodating approximately
seven words to the line. With distribution in more than
80 outlets nationalwide through Eason News Wholesale,
in most of Eason's bookshops, chain of Russian shops in Dublin
and other major cities and free in Immigration support
organization, Libraries, State offices and airlines desks.
Also more than 200 subscribers getting Gazeta in their
mail boxes.
Since 2004 Nasha Gazeta became
weekly newspaper. Number of supplementary to newspaper
will come soon. Such us Telecommunication, Travel and
leisure, education, health and satellite TV program.
Number of immigrant's handbooks will publish soon as
well.
In September 2003 “Nasha Gazeta” additionally running
information and resource centre for Russian speaking
community. In Information centre immigrants can get information in
their mother tongue, find Russian books and films to
keep their cultural traditions. English conversational lessons,
exchange with Irish who want to study Russian and special
meeting with legal professionals and state officers
will come soon.
Most important challenge for newspaper is finding proper
financing and information to provide it to readers.
In present it's non profitable publication covered their
expense from advertising and private donation. No any state foundation
involved.
Community requirements are to decide and
choice the model of community organization. Now number
of registered charity are claim to be leading community organization
such as Sorussi (Society of Russian speakers in Ireland),
Russian patriarch Orthodox Church, some workers and women's
group in various regions. All volunteers are requirement
knowledge about community development and foundation
in Ireland . Community required to be organized with assistant of local
state and with involvement of Diplomatic representatives
of the community member's motherland. |
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Sergey
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"Nasha
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