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Mass media in Moscow
- Radio RossiiRadio Rossii began broadcasting on the 10th of December 1990. This date marked the start of a new era for Russian public media during the final years of the…
- Vesti FMVesti FM began broadcasting on the 5th of February 2008 at 6:00 in Moscow. The station started its life on a frequency of 97.6 MHz within the capital city.
- Russkoye RadioMoscow heard its first signal on the 2nd of August 1995. The new station played music only from eight in the morning until ten at night.
- Rossiyskaya GazetaThe Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR established Rossiyskaya Gazeta in 1990. This moment arrived during the glasnost reforms that loosened state control…
- RIA NovostiOn the 24th of June 1941, the Soviet Information Bureau opened its doors in Moscow. This new state-run agency emerged just three days after Nazi Germany…
- IzvestiaFebruary 1917 marked the birth of Izvestia, a daily broadsheet newspaper in Russia. The word izvestiya translates to bring news or tidings.
- InterfaxMikhail Komissar stood in a Moscow office during September 1989. He held a fax machine that would become the heart of a new organization.
- Echo of MoscowEcho of Moscow opened its doors in 1990 as a commercial radio station based in the heart of Russia. It broadcast across many Russian cities and some former…