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RIA Novosti, Voice of Russia to be absorbed into new media conglomerate
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/12/09/ria-novosti-voice-of-russia-to-be-absorbed-into-new-media-conglomerate/
14:06 09.12.2013
The Kremlin announced Monday the dissolution of RIA Novosti, the
country's major state-run news agency, amid a significant
reorganization of state-owned media assets.
News agency RIA Novosti and the state-owned Voice of Russia radio will
be scrapped and absorbed into a new media conglomerate called Rossiya
Segodnya, according to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin.
In a separate decree published Monday, the Kremlin appointed Dmitry
Kiselyov, a prominent Russian television presenter and media manager
to head Rossiya Segodnya.
Head of the presidential administration Sergei Ivanov said the changes
were about saving money and making state media more effective.
`Russia has its own independent politics and strongly defends its
national interests: it's difficult to explain this to the world but we
can do this, and we must do this,' Ivanov told reporters.
The direct translation of Rossiya Segodnya is Russia Today, but the
new body will apparently be separate from RT, the Kremlin-funded
English-language television channel originally known as Russia Today,
RIA Novosti reports.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/12/09/ria-novosti-voice-of-russia-to-be-absorbed-into-new-media-conglomerate/
14:06 09.12.2013
The Kremlin announced Monday the dissolution of RIA Novosti, the
country's major state-run news agency, amid a significant
reorganization of state-owned media assets.
News agency RIA Novosti and the state-owned Voice of Russia radio will
be scrapped and absorbed into a new media conglomerate called Rossiya
Segodnya, according to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin.
In a separate decree published Monday, the Kremlin appointed Dmitry
Kiselyov, a prominent Russian television presenter and media manager
to head Rossiya Segodnya.
Head of the presidential administration Sergei Ivanov said the changes
were about saving money and making state media more effective.
`Russia has its own independent politics and strongly defends its
national interests: it's difficult to explain this to the world but we
can do this, and we must do this,' Ivanov told reporters.
The direct translation of Rossiya Segodnya is Russia Today, but the
new body will apparently be separate from RT, the Kremlin-funded
English-language television channel originally known as Russia Today,
RIA Novosti reports.