Russia-24

Russia-24 (Russian: Россия-24) is a state-owned Russian-language news channel from Russia. It covers major national and international events as well as focuses on domestic issues. It is owned by VGTRK.[1][2]

Russia-24
Россия-24
CountryRussia
Broadcast areaWorldwide
NetworkVGTRK
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Programming
Language(s)Russian
Picture format576i 16:9 (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
(SECAM/PAL/NTSC)
Ownership
OwnerRussian government
Sister channelsRussia-1, Russia-2, Bibigon, Russia-K, RTR-Planeta
History
Launched1 July 2006 (1 July 2006)
Former namesVesti (2006–2010)
Links
Websitehttp://vesti.ru/
Availability
Terrestrial
AnalogueVarious
Digital Terrestrial7
Streaming media
russia.tvRussia 24. Live

History

The broadcast began January 1, 2007 in Russia, February 7 on the West Coast of the United States, May 19, 2008 in Serbia, and October 9, 2008 in Kyrgyzstan. VGTRK Crimea started broadcasting on March 10, 2014.

The editor-in-chief of the channel is Evgeny Bekasov (since 2012).

The channel aspires to give a broad and impartial [2] outline of life in all of Russia’s regions from its European exclave of Kaliningrad to Vladivostok in the Far East.

The channel was named Vesti until 1 January 2010, when the public-owned VGTRK rebranded its channels.

The channel was banned in Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the EU as a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3] The channel falsely claimed that the Bucha massacre was staged and suggested that footage of actors placing mannequins on a film set in St. Petersburg were Ukrainian soldiers using the mannequins to "pass it off as a corpse".[4]

Logos
  • First logo (as Vesti, 2006–2007)
  • Second logo (as Vesti, 2007–2009)
  • Тhird logo (2010–2011)

References
  1. "ВГТРК запустила информационный канал "Вести"". lenta.ru.
  2. "Добродеев пообещал президенту русский CNN". lenta.ru.
  3. "На Украине на три года продлен запрет на вещание российских каналов". vesti.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  4. "Fact-check: Viral video does not prove Bucha killings were staged". 8 April 2022.
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