Russia-24 () is a

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from

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. It covers major national and international events and focuses on domestic issues. It is owned by VGTRK.

History

The broadcast began July 1, 2006 in

, February 7, 2007 on the West Coast of the

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, May 19, 2008 in

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, and October 9, 2008 in

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. VGTRK Crimea started broadcasting on March 10, 2014. The editor-in-chief of the channel is Evgeny Bekasov (since 2012). The channel ostensibly aims to give a broad and impartial outline of life in all of Russia’s regions from its European exclave of

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in the

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. The channel was named ''Vesti'' until 1 January 2010, when the public-owned VGTRK rebranded its channels. Russia-24 was banned in

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

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, the

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, and the

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as a result of the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

. The channel falsely claimed that the

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was staged and suggested that footage of actors placing mannequins on a film set in

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were Ukrainian soldiers using the mannequins to "pass it off as a corpse". The United Kingdom and Australia imposed sanctions upon Evgeniy Poddubny, one of the top war correspondents and propagandists of Russia-24.

Logo history

1-й логотип Вести.svg, First logo (as Vesti, 2006–2007) Vesti.svg, Second logo (as Vesti, 2007–2009) Rossiya-24 logo (2010–2011).svg, Тhird logo (2010–2011)

References

External links

* * * {{Television in Russia Russian-language television stations in Russia 24-hour television news channels in Russia Television channels and stations established in 2006 Legislature broadcasters