RT Arabic

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RT Arabic

Country	Russia
Broadcast area	Europe, Middle East, North Africa, Africa, South Asia, Asia Pacific, Australia, North America
Network	RT
Headquarters	Moscow
Programming
Language(s)	Arabic
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	(ANO) TV-Novosti
Sister channels	RT RT Documentary RT France RT en español RT America (formerly) RT UK (formerly)
History
Launched	4 May 2007
Links
Website	arabic.rt.com

RT Arabic, formerly known as Rusiya Al-Yaum (Arabic: روسيا اليوم, lit. 'Russia Today'),^[1] is a Russian state-owned free-to-air television news channel broadcasting in Arabic and headquartered in Moscow, Russia.^[2] Rusiya Al-Yaum started broadcasting on 4 May 2007. The parent company of RT Arabic is TV-Novosti, which is an Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization owned by the Russian Federation.

The channel covers a wide variety of events worldwide from the point of view of the Russian government. It also features interviews, debates and stories about cultural life in Russia and major cities.