RIA Novosti
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Company type | Federal State Unitary Enterprise |
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Industry | News agency |
Founded | 24 June 1941; 82 years ago (1941-06-24) (as Sovinformburo) |
Successor | Rossiya Segodnya |
Headquarters | Zubovsky Boulevard 4, Moscow, Russia |
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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 |
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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.