<s>
Mash	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
Russian	O
online	O
newspaper	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
media	O
holding	O
,	O
founded	O
on	O
6	O
April	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mash	B-Protocol
channel	O
in	O
Telegram	B-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
Russian-language	O
channels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
spring	O
of	O
2017	O
,	O
Nikita	O
Mogutin	O
,	O
deputy	O
editor-in-chief	O
of	O
Life	O
,	O
approached	O
Aram	O
Gabrelyanov	O
,	O
CEO	O
of	O
the	O
News	O
Media	O
holding	O
,	O
and	O
his	O
deputy	O
,	O
Anatoly	O
Suleymanov	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
creating	O
Mash	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
first	O
,	O
the	O
Mash	B-Protocol
editorial	O
office	O
was	O
located	O
in	O
the	O
Life	O
editorial	O
office	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
the	O
project	O
staff	O
moved	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
address	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Active	O
growth	O
in	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
Mash	B-Protocol
occurred	O
between	O
August	O
and	O
September	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2017	O
,	O
Mash	B-Protocol
had	O
115	O
thousand	O
subscribers	O
on	O
the	O
Telegram	B-Application
channel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
first	O
months	O
,	O
Mash	B-Protocol
was	O
actively	O
referred	O
to	O
in	O
Life	O
,	O
since	O
September	O
2017	O
,	O
other	O
media	O
have	O
been	O
actively	O
using	O
the	O
project	O
materials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mash	B-Protocol
is	O
the	O
main	O
official	O
content	O
provider	O
for	O
Life	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
project	O
also	O
provides	O
content	O
for	O
other	O
media	O
,	O
including	O
federal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mash	B-Protocol
used	O
the	O
LifeCorr	O
application	O
on	O
a	O
contract	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
results	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
Mash	B-Protocol
Telegram	B-Application
channel	O
took	O
first	O
place	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
citation	O
in	O
the	O
Russian	O
media	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
rating	O
of	O
Telegram	B-Application
channels	O
presented	O
by	O
Medialogy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
7	O
December	O
2019	O
,	O
Mash	B-Protocol
telegram	B-Application
channel	O
won	O
in	O
the	O
nomination	O
"	O
Information	O
telegram	B-Application
channel	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
Web	O
Industry	O
Awards	O
Ceremony	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
1	O
February	O
2021	O
,	O
Sergey	O
Titov	O
,	O
deputy	O
editor-in-chief	O
of	O
Mash	B-Protocol
,	O
announced	O
his	O
departure	O
from	O
the	O
publication	O
after	O
a	O
report	O
about	O
Putin	O
's	O
Palace	O
and	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
Arkady	O
Rotenberg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
him	O
,	O
the	O
decision	O
to	O
release	O
these	O
videos	O
was	O
made	O
by	O
"	O
people	O
in	O
suits	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
not	O
by	O
Mash	B-Protocol
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nikita	O
Mogutin	O
was	O
the	O
editor-in-chief	O
of	O
Mash	B-Protocol
from	O
2017	O
to	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2021	O
,	O
Evgeny	O
Novikov	O
,	O
who	O
previously	O
headed	O
the	O
editorial	O
office	O
of	O
Mash	B-Protocol
on	O
the	O
Moika	O
,	O
became	O
the	O
editor-in-chief	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
Aram	O
Gabrelyanov	O
sold	O
his	O
stake	O
in	O
Mash	B-Protocol
to	O
Nikita	O
Mogutin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mogutin	O
owned	O
51%	O
of	O
Mash	B-Protocol
LLC	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
share	O
was	O
pledged	O
to	O
Gabrelyanov	O
under	O
a	O
loan	O
agreement	O
dated	O
July	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
Proekt	O
publication	O
connected	O
the	O
Mash	B-Protocol
Telegram	B-Application
channel	O
with	O
Yury	O
Kovalchuk	O
,	O
who	O
got	O
it	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
termination	O
of	O
cooperation	O
with	O
Aram	O
Gabrelyanov	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
The	O
Insider	O
,	O
the	O
former	O
editor-in-chief	O
,	O
director	O
and	O
co-owner	O
of	O
Mash	B-Protocol
,	O
Maxim	O
Iksanov	O
,	O
lived	O
in	O
a	O
house	O
owned	O
by	O
the	O
Directorate	O
of	O
the	O
President	O
in	O
Moscow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sergey	O
Titov	O
,	O
deputy	O
editor-in-chief	O
of	O
Mash	B-Protocol
,	O
resigned	O
after	O
publishing	O
a	O
video	O
about	O
Putin	O
's	O
Palace	O
that	O
showed	O
the	O
inside	O
of	O
the	O
building	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
editorial	O
office	O
acted	O
on	O
the	O
instructions	O
of	O
"	O
people	O
in	O
suits	O
"	O
:	O
"	O
I	O
understand	O
everything	O
about	O
Mash	B-Protocol
's	O
reputation	O
,	O
I	O
understand	O
about	O
shameful	O
things	O
,	O
but	O
we	O
really	O
did	O
everything	O
we	O
could	O
(	O
when	O
we	O
could	O
)	O
.	O
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