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 Logo of RIA Novosti | |
| Company type | Federal State Unitary Enterprise |
|---|---|
| Industry | News agency |
| Founded | 24 June 1941 (as Sovinformburo) |
| Successor | Rossiya Segodnya |
| Headquarters | Zubovsky Boulevard 4, Moscow, Russia |
Key people |
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| Products | Wire service |
| Owner | Rossiya Segodnya (owned and operated by federal government, as unitary enterprise) |
| Parent | Government of Russia |
| Website | ria |
RIA Novosti (Russian: РИА Новости), sometimes referred to as RIAN (РИАН) or RIA (РИА), is a Russian state-owned domestic news agency. On 9 December 2013, by a decree of Vladimir Putin, it was liquidated and its assets and workforce were transferred to the newly created Rossiya Segodnya agency.[1] On 8 April 2014, RIA Novosti was registered as part of the new agency.[2]
RIA Novosti is headquartered in Moscow. The chief editor is Anna Gavrilova.
- ^ "Международное агентство "Россия сегодня" создается на базе РИА Новости" (in Russian)
- ^ РИА Новости at Roskomnadzor (in Russian)