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Russia-24

Russia-24
Россия-24
CountryRussia
Broadcast areaWorldwide
NetworkVGTRK
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Programming
Language(s)Russian
Picture format576i SDTV
Ownership
OwnerRussian government
Sister channelsRussia-1, Russia-2, Russia-K, Carousel, RTR-Planeta
History
Launched1 January 2007; 17 years ago (1 January 2007)
Former namesVesti (2006–2010)
Links
Websitehttp://vesti.ru/
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial televisionChannel 7
Streaming media
russia.tvRussia 24. Live

Russia-24 (Russian: Россия-24, romanizedRossiya-24) is a state-owned Russian-language news channel from Russia. It covers major national and international events as well as focuses on domestic issues. It is owned by VGTRK.[1][2]

History

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The broadcast began January 1, 2007 in Russia, February 7 on the West Coast of the United States, May 19, 2008 in Serbia, and October 9, 2008 in Kyrgyzstan. VGTRK Crimea started broadcasting on March 10, 2014.

The editor-in-chief of the channel is Evgeny Bekasov (since 2012).

The channel ostensibly aims to give a broad and impartial [2] outline of life in all of Russia’s regions from its European exclave of Kaliningrad to Vladivostok in the Far East. The channel was named Vesti until 1 January 2010, when the public-owned VGTRK rebranded its channels.

Russia-24 was banned in Ukraine, Moldova, the United Kingdom, and the European Union as a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3] The channel falsely claimed that the Bucha massacre was staged and suggested that footage of actors placing mannequins on a film set in St. Petersburg were Ukrainian soldiers using the mannequins to "pass it off as a corpse".[4]

The United Kingdom and Australia imposed sanctions upon Evgeniy Poddubny, one of the top war correspondents and propagandists of Russia-24.[5][6]

Logo history

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References

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  1. ^ "ВГТРК запустила информационный канал "Вести"". lenta.ru.
  2. ^ a b "Добродеев пообещал президенту русский CNN". lenta.ru.
  3. ^ "На Украине на три года продлен запрет на вещание российских каналов". vesti.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  4. ^ "Fact-check: Viral video does not prove Bucha killings were staged". 8 April 2022.
  5. ^ Parekh, Marcus (2022-05-04). "Britain sanctions Russian war correspondents in crackdown on propaganda". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
  6. ^ "Австралія запровадила нові санкції проти російських пропагандистів". Національна рада України з питань телебачення і радіомовлення. 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
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