Russia-24 (Russian: Россия-24, romanized: Rossiya-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]
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| Country | Russia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Network | VGTRK |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Russian |
| Picture format | 576i SDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Russian government |
| Sister channels | Russia-1, Russia-2, Russia-K, Carousel, RTR-Planeta |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 July 2006 |
| Former names | Vesti (2006–2010) |
| Links | |
| Website | http://vesti.ru/ |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | Channel 7 |
| Streaming media | |
| russia.tv | Russia 24. Live |
History
editThe broadcast began July 1, 2006 in Russia, February 7, 2007 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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First logo (as Vesti, 2006–2007) -
Second logo (as Vesti, 2007–2009) -
Тhird logo (2010–2011)
References
edit- ^ "ВГТРК запустила информационный канал "Вести"". lenta.ru.
- ^ a b "Добродеев пообещал президенту русский CNN". lenta.ru.
- ^ "На Украине на три года продлен запрет на вещание российских каналов". vesti.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ^ "Fact-check: Viral video does not prove Bucha killings were staged". 8 April 2022.
- ^ Parekh, Marcus (2022-05-04). "Britain sanctions Russian war correspondents in crackdown on propaganda". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ "Австралія запровадила нові санкції проти російських пропагандистів". Національна рада України з питань телебачення і радіомовлення. 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
External links
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Media related to Rossiya 24 at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
- Russia-24's channel on YouTube
