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News agencies based in Russia

  • 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…
  • TASSThe Commercial Telegraph Agency began operations in December 1902 under the Ministry of Finance. Torgovo-Promyshlennaya Gazeta staff supplied most…
  • 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…
  • Sputnik (news agency)On the 10th of November 2014, a new entity named Sputnik emerged from the Russian government-owned news agency Rossiya Segodnya.