Russia-24

Russia-24
Россия-24

Country	Russia
Broadcast area	Worldwide
Network	VGTRK
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Programming
Language(s)	Russian
Picture format	576i 16:9 SDTV (SECAM/PAL/NTSC)
Ownership
Owner	Russian government
Sister channels	Russia-1, Russia-2, Bibigon, Russia-K, RTR-Planeta, RT
History
Launched	1 July 2006
Former names	Vesti
Links
Website	http://vesti.ru/
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue	Various
Digital Terrestrial	7
Cable
	Channel 28
UPC Romania	Channel 427 (digital with DVR) Channel 195 (digital)
Satellite
NTV Plus (Russia)	138
DirecTV (United States)	Channel 2147
IPTV
Free (ISP) (France)	Channel 653
Streaming media
russia.tv	Russia 24. Live

Russia-24 (Russian: Россия-24) is a state-owned Russian-language news channel from Russia. It covers major national and international events as well as focuses on domestic issues. It is owned by VGTRK.^[1][2]

History[]

The broadcast began January 1, 2007 in Russia, February 7 - on the West Coast of the United States, May 19, 2008 - in Serbia, October 9, 2008 - in Kyrgyzstan. VGTRK Crimea started broadcasting on March 10, 2014.

The editor-in-chief of the channel is Evgeny Bekasov (since 2012).

The channel aspires to give a broad and impartial ^[2] outline of life in all of Russia’s regions from its European exclave of Kaliningrad to Vladivostok in the Far East.

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

The channel is banned in Ukraine.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Rossiya 24 at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• Russia-24's channel on YouTube