Russia-2

For the football team, see Russia national football B team.

For other uses, see Sport (disambiguation).

Russia-2 (Russian: Россия-2) was a Russian television channel operated by VGTRK. It primarily broadcast sport.

Russia-2
Россия-2

Country	Russia
Network	VGTRK
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Programming
Language(s)	Russian
Picture format	576i 4:3 (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Russian Government
Sister channels	Russia-1, Russia-K, Russia-24
History
Launched	12 June 2003; 22 years ago (2003-06-12)
Replaced	TVS
Closed	1 November 2015; 9 years ago (2015-11-01)
Replaced by	Match TV (Russia)
Former names	RTR-Sport (2003-2010)
Links
Website	http://russia2.tv/
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue	Various
Digital	Channel 3

Between 2007 and 2009 during the daytime, it broadcast the children's channel called Bibigon.

Before January 1, 2010, it was known as Sport, but since then it was re-branded due to a broadened format.

On 1 November 2015 the channel was closed and its broadcasting frequency was taken by a new sports television channel Match TV.^[1]

Programmes

News and current affairs

• Bol`shoy sport (Big sport) — sports news.

Documentaries

• Moya Planeta (My Planet) - blocks of programmes from Moya Planeta.
• Nauka 2.0 (Science 2.0) - blocks of programmes from Nauka 2.0.

Others

• Feature films (thrillers and adventures)
• 90x60x90 (entertainment)

Sports events broadcast by channel

• Biathlon World Cup
• FIA Formula One World Championship
• KHL
• Premier League
• Russian Premier League
• The FA Cup
• M-1 Global, UFC, Bellator MMA, ONE Championship, and other MMA Promotions