Russia Today (RT)

Extracted Attributes

• Type

  International news television network

• Control

  Russian state-controlled

• Operator

  TV-Novosti (Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization (ANO))

• Full Name

  RT

• Languages

  English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Portuguese, Serbian, Chinese, Hindi, Russian

• Former Name

  Russia Today

• Headquarters

  Moscow, Russia (Borovaya ulitsa, Leffortovo District)

• Classification

  Propaganda outlet, purveyor of disinformation and conspiracy theories

• Funding Source

  Russian government (publicly financed from the budget of the Russian Federation)

• Awards/Nominations

  Eleven-time Emmy finalist

Timeline

• FSUE RIA Novosti founded TV-Novosti, the autonomous non-commercial organization that operates RT. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2005-04

• RT launched its first international (English-language) channel, initially known as Russia Today. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2005

• RT launched its Arabic-language channel. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2007

• The Russian government, led by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, included ANO 'TV-Novosti' on its list of core organizations of strategic importance to Russia. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2008-12

• RT launched its Spanish-language channel. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2009

• RT America launched, headquartered in Washington, D.C. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2010

• RT's editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan compared the channel to the Russian Ministry of Defence, stating it was 'waging an information war, and with the entire Western world'. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2012

• RT launched its German-language channel. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2014

• RT UK launched. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2014

• RT was banned in Ukraine following Russia's annexation of Crimea. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2014

• RT launched its French-language channel. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2017

• RT America was ordered to register as a foreign agent with the United States Department of Justice under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2017-09

• Latvia and Lithuania implemented bans on RT. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2020

• Germany banned RT DE. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2022-02

• RT America ceased operations. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2022

• RT UK ceased operations. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2022

• During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union and Canada formally banned RT, independent service providers in over 10 countries suspended broadcasts, and social media platforms restricted RT's content. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2022

• A Department of Justice indictment accused two Russian operatives from RT of funneling $10 million to Tenant Media, a company founded by commentator Lauren Chen, to promote pro-Kremlin narratives and sow discord in the US. (Source: Related Documents)

  2024

RT (TV network)

RT, formerly Russia Today (Russian: Россия Сегодня, romanized: Rossiya Segodnya), is a Russian state-controlled international news television network funded by the Russian government. It operates pay television and free-to-air channels directed to audiences outside of Russia, as well as providing Internet content in Russian, English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Portuguese and Serbian. RT is a brand of TV-Novosti, a nonprofit registered as an "autonomous non-commercial organization" (ANO) and founded by the Russian state news agency FSUE RIA Novosti in April 2005. During the economic crisis in December 2008, the Russian government, headed by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, included ANO "TV-Novosti" on its list of core organizations of strategic importance to Russia. RT operates as a multilingual service with channels in five languages: the original English-language channel was launched in 2005, the Arabic-language channel in 2007, Spanish in 2009, German in 2014 and French in 2017. RT America (2010–2022), RT UK (2014–2022) and other regional channels also produce local content. RT is the parent company of the Ruptly video agency, which owns the Redfish video channel and the Maffick digital media company. RT has regularly been described as a major propaganda outlet for the Russian government and its foreign policy. Academics, fact-checkers, and news reporters (including some current and former RT reporters) have identified RT as a purveyor of disinformation and conspiracy theories. UK media regulator Ofcom has repeatedly found RT to have breached its rules on impartiality, including multiple instances in which RT broadcast "materially misleading" content. In 2012, RT's editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan compared the channel to the Russian Ministry of Defence. Referring to the Russo-Georgian War, she stated that it was "waging an information war, and with the entire Western world". In September 2017, RT America was ordered to register as a foreign agent with the United States Department of Justice under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. RT was banned in Ukraine in 2014 after Russia's annexation of Crimea; Latvia and Lithuania implemented similar bans in 2020. Germany banned RT DE in February 2022. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union and Canada formally banned RT and independent service providers in over 10 countries suspended broadcasts of RT. Social media websites followed by blocking external links to RT's website and restricting access to RT's content. Microsoft removed RT from their app store and de-ranked their search results on Bing, while Apple removed the RT app from all countries except for Russia. However, RT content continues to be laundered through third-party sites.

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• About RT

  RT is the only Russian TV channel to be an eleven-time Emmy finalist. The network has been nominated for International News & Current Affairs Emmy for its coverage of the humanitarian crisis in the Iraqi city of Mosul, Guantanamo Bay inmates’ hunger strike, the Occupy Wall Street protests and other stories. RT also has been shortlisted for News and Documentary Emmy Awards for its VR project ‘Lessons of Auschwitz’, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau [...] # About RT With its first international channel launched in 2005, RT is, today, a global TV news network providing breaking stories, current affairs coverage, commentary and documentaries in ten languages: English, Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Serbian, Chinese, Hindi, Portuguese and Russian; it also includes sister multimedia news agency RUPTLY. [...] RT is an autonomous, non-profit organization that is publicly financed from the budget of the Russian Federation. For more information, contact: press@rttv.ru. ## Corporate profile ## Press RT News App © Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “TV-Novosti”, 2005–2025. All rights reserved. This website uses cookies. Read RT Privacy policy to find out more.

• RT America

  | v t e RT "RT (TV network)") (formerly Russia Today) | | | --- | --- | | News | RT International RT Arabic RT Balkan") RT en Español RT France RT DE | | Documentaries | RT Documentary | | Other properties | Ruptly Maffick | | Defunct | RT America (2010-2022) RT UK (2014-2022) | [...] | | | | --- | --- | | | | | Country | United States | | Network | RT "RT (TV network)") | | Headquarters | Washington, D.C. | | Programming | | | Language(s) | English | | Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downgraded to letterboxed "Letterboxing (filming)") 480i for the SDTV feed) | | Ownership | | | Owner | (ANO) TV-Novosti (on behalf of T&R Productions) | [...] RT America was a U.S.-based news channel headquartered in Washington, D.C. Owned by TV Novosti and operated by production company T&R Productions, it was a part of the RT network "RT (TV network)"), a global multilingual television news network based in Moscow and funded by the Russian government. The channel said it reached an audience of 85 million people in the United States, but this figure is disputed. It was distributed through select cable providers, over-the-top services, a live stream

• Why Russia's broadcaster RT turned to covertly funding ...

  RT originally launched in 2005 as Russia Today, a round-the-clock English language news channel. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland delivers remarks alongside Ukrainian officials at the Department of Justice in 2022 in Washington, D.C. ### Untangling Disinformation ### U.S. accuses Russia of sophisticated influence campaigns against U.S. voters [...] Now, the U.S. government has accused RT and its parent company, Rossiya Segodnya, of going beyond propaganda, as part of the Kremlin’s efforts to destabilize democracies and erode international support for Ukraine. “They are engaged in covert influence activities aimed at undermining American elections and democracies, functioning like a de facto arm of Russia's intelligence apparatus,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a press conference this month. [...] RT was long known to be government-funded and a source of Russian propaganda. But it claimed to be independent. It hired American journalists, and featured some big names like former CNN host Larry King. The channel’s aesthetic was sleek, modern, and cable news-like. But over the years, as American relations with Russia cooled, skepticism of RT grew.

• RT - Breaking News, Russia News, World News and Video

  RT News App © Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “TV-Novosti”, 2005–2025. All rights reserved. This website uses cookies. Read RT Privacy policy to find out more. [...] ## Top stories [...] ## Top stories

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