Sputnik (news agency)
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Type of site | News, analysis, radio |
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Available in | English, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese |
Headquarters | , Russian Federation |
Area served | Worldwide |
Parent | Rossiya Segodnya |
URL | sputniknews |
Launched | 10 November 2014 |
Current status | Active |
Sputnik is an international multimedia news platform launched on 10 November 2014 by the Russian Federation state-owned and operated agency, Rossiya segodnya. Sputnik replaces the RIA Novosti news agency and Voice of Russia. Radio Sputnik is the audio element of the platform and aims to "operate in 30 languages in 2015, for a total of over 800 hours a day, covering over 130 cities and 34 countries on "FM, digital DAB/DAB+ (Digital Radio Broadcasting), HD-Radio, as well as mobile phones and the Internet."[1]
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