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Russia Today drew particular attention worldwide for its coverage of the 2008 South Ossetia war. [99] [100] [101] RT named Georgia as the aggressor [101] against the separatist governments of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which were protected by Russian troops. [102] RT saw this as the incident that showcased its newsgathering abilities to the ...
Sputnik (Russian pronunciation: [ˈsputnʲɪk]; formerly Voice of Russia and RIA Novosti, naming derived from Russian спутник, "satellite") is a Russian state-owned [1] news agency and radio broadcast service.
On the basis of the decree of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Company, the All-Russian radio station "Mayak" and the Russian State Radio Company Voice of Russia were created. In 2000, VGTRK became one of the members of Euronews and organized the Russian-language service of this organization.
The English-language satellite channel Russia Today (RT) was launched in 2005. It produces in multiple languages and broadcasts in over 100 countries. [43] A new international multimedia news service called Sputnik was launched in 2014, merging and replacing previous services. [13]
Rossiya Segodnya incorporates the former RIA Novosti news service and the international radio service Voice of Russia (formerly Radio Moscow).According to the Decree of the President of Russia on 9 December 2013, [8] [9] [10] the mandate of the new agency is to "provide information on Russian state policy and Russian life and society for audiences abroad."
The U.S. has been tracking Russian warships and aircraft that are expected to arrive in the Caribbean for a military exercise in the coming weeks, in a Russian show of force as tensions rise over ...
Since 2005, O'Neill has worked for the state-controlled Russian television network, Russia Today, and is one of the station's main news anchors. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] As of 2022, he was anchoring the station's international English language coverage.
Fifty-eight years ago today on October 4, 1957, Sputnik was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union.