CGTN Russian (formerly CCTV International Russian (, ''Tsentral'noye Televideniye Kitaya Mezhdunarodnyy kanal na Russkom yazyke''), ; often shorted as ''CCTV-Русский'') is a

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entertainment Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and Interest (emotion), interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but it is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have deve ...

, and education television channel owned by

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Launch

The Russian-language channel was launched on 10 September 2009, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Beijing and Moscow. CCTV Russian is broadcast through

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6B and EB-9A, which cover the Asian-Pacific Region,

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and

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. The channel is aimed at about 300 million viewers in the post- Soviet nations (12

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members and three Baltic nations), and

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an countries. Since 2016, the channel is available on SPB TV's Belt and Road TV application.

Programs

The channel broadcasts entirely in Russian, with 16 programs in the form of news, feature stories, entertainment and educational programs. Its daily schedule consists of 6-hour blocks. News broadcasts will be updated more often, while all feature programs air four times daily.

Controversies

In 2020, in a report on the Two Sessions (plenary sessions of the

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and

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), CGTN Russian used " Party of crooks and thieves", a derogative term to describe

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, in its video to introduce China's efforts to contain corruption, resulting in criticism from some Russian media.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cctv International Russian China Global Television Network channels Foreign television channels broadcasting in the United Kingdom 24-hour television news channels in China Cable television in Hong Kong Russian-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 2009 2009 establishments in Beijing

Launch

Programs

Controversies

See also

References

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