Russia-24

Russia-24 Россия-24
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Launched	1 July 2006
Network	VGTRK
Owned by	Russian Government
Picture format	16:9 (SDTV)
Country	Russia
Language	Russian
Broadcast area	Worldwide
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Formerly called	Vesti
Sister channel(s)	Russia-1, Russia-2, Carousel, Russia-K, RTR-Planeta, RT
Website	http://vesti.ru/
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue	Various
Digital Terrestrial	in Yekaterinburg, Kansk, Kursk, Moscow, Khabarovsk & the rest of the regions
Satellite
DirecTV (USA)	Channel 2147
Cable
Natsionalniye Kabelniye Seti	Channel 28
UPC Romania	Channel 427 (digital with DVR) Channel 195 (digital)
IPTV
Free (ISP) (France)	Channel 653

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.

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

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

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The channel aspires to give a broad and impartial outline of life in all of Russia’s regions from its European enclave of Kaliningrad to Vladivostok in the Far East. However, it is accused by Western countries as being a bullhorn for Russian state propaganda.

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

The channel is banned in Ukraine and Moldova.

External links

• Official website
• Russia-24's channel on YouTube