RIA Novosti
RIA Novosti is a Russian state-owned news agency publishing primarily in Russian. Part of the state media group Rossiya Segodnya, it provides extensive domestic and international news coverage and is generally aligned with official Russian government positions. As a major state agency, it is one of the country's principal sources of breaking news.
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RIA Novosti is generally regarded as right-leaning in its editorial orientation, according to widely cited media-bias assessments.
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