''Russia Beyond'' (formerly ''Russia Beyond The Headlines'') is a Russian multilingual project operated by

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(formerly Russia Today), 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 Government of Russia. The first publisher of the project was the deputy CEO of ''Rossiyskaya Gazeta''

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. On January 9, 2016, ''RBTH'' became part of

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''. ''Russia Beyond'' is managed by a section of the news agency TV-Novosti.

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'' commentator Roy Greenslade, in 2014, and former ''Slate'' journalist Jack Shafer, in 2007, accused ''Russia Beyond'' of being propaganda. In

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, the media outlet paid London's '' Daily Telegraph'', ''

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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

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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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