''Russia Beyond'' (formerly ''Russia Beyond The Headlines'') is a Russian multilingual project operated by RT (formerly ''Russia Today'') parent ANO TV-Novosti, founded by the Russian state news agency

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History

''Russia Beyond The Headlines'' was launched in 2007 by the ''

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'', a newspaper published by the

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. The first publisher of the project was the deputy CEO of ''Rossiyskaya Gazeta'' Eugene Abov. On 9 January 2016, ''RBTH'' became part of

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whilst retaining its own distinct brand. In 2017, the project dropped all printed versions. On 5 September 2017, ''RBTH'' dropped the last two words of its full name, becoming ''Russia Beyond''. The look and feel of the English edition was also refreshed substantially, removing all things regarded as distracting on screen when reading a story or watching a video. After using a stylized ''R'' as the logo for nine years, ''Russia Beyond'' introduced a brand new one on 20 February 2023,.

Reception

In 2007 and 2014, former ''Slate'' journalist

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and ''

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'' commentator

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respectively accused ''Russia Beyond'' of being propaganda. In Europe, the media outlet paid London's ''

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'', ''

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'' in France, ''

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'' in Germany, and the Italian daily ''

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'' to be distributed as an insert to those publications, and in the United States it partnered with ''

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'' until 2015; ''

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'' and ''

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'' were bundling the insert into their regular editions as of 2018. ''Beyond the Headlines'' paid the ''Daily Telegraph'' £40,000 per month to be distributed as a supplement to its weekend publication and the ''Daily Telegraph'' website also featured content from RBTH's website. The monthly Russia-themed supplement first appeared in ''The Daily Telegraph'' and the American ''Washington Post'' in 2007 under the name ''Russia Now''.

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History

Reception

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