RIA Novosti

RIA Novosti
Type	website
Shortcut	WP:RIANOVOSTI
Status	No consensus
Deprecated	no
Blacklisted	no
Recency	2024
Domain rian.ru
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no consensus on the reliability of RIA Novosti. See § Summary.

RIA Novosti is a source that has been repeatedly discussed at the Reliable sources noticeboard. This page collects and links information about previous discussions and current consensus, and summarizes it here for convenience.

Summary

RIA Novosti was an official news agency of the Russian government. There is a broad consensus that it is a biased and opinionated source. It is generally considered usable for official government statements and positions. There is no consensus on whether it is reliable for other topics, though opinions generally lean towards unreliability. See also: Sputnik, which replaced the international edition of RIA Novosti.

Excerpt

RIA Novosti (Russian: РИА Новости), sometimes referred to as RIAN (РИАН) or RIA (РИА), is a Russian state-owned domestic news agency. On 9 December 2013, by a decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin, it was liquidated and its assets and workforce were transferred to the newly created Rossiya Segodnya agency. On 8 April 2014, RIA Novosti was registered as part of the new agency.

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Recency

2024

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Source	Status (legend)	Discussions			Use
Source	Status (legend)	List	Last	Summary	Use
RIA Novosti WP:RIANOVOSTIWP:RIANOVOSTI 📌		See these discussions of RIA Novosti:	2024	RIA Novosti was an official news agency of the Russian government. There is a broad consensus that it is a biased and opinionated source. It is generally considered usable for official government statements and positions. There is no consensus on whether it is reliable for other topics, though opinions generally lean towards unreliability. See also: Sputnik, which replaced the international edition of RIA Novosti.	1 2