ANNA News
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| Company type | News agency |
|---|---|
| Industry | News media |
| Founded | 18 July 2011 |
| Founder | Marat Musin |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia (until 2017 in the Republic of Abkhazia) |
Number of employees | 50[1] |
| Website | anna-news.info |
ANNA News (Analytical Network News Agency) is a Russian news agency. The agency was first established on July 18, 2011 in Abkhazia, and its name ANNA stands for Abkhazian Network News Agency, but after the head office moved to Moscow, when registering in Roskomnadzor on September 22, 2017, the word “Abkhazian” was changed to “Analytical”.
History
ANNA was officially registered as mass media in the Republic of Abkhazia on 18 July 2011.[2] It was founded, and was led until his death in 2018 by Marat Musin, a specialist in financial intelligence who lectured at Moscow State University and taught at the Russian State University of Trade and Economics.[1]
ANNA films embedded with the Syrian Arab Army in their operations against rebels.[3] It has been known for publishing footage recorded directly from Syrian Army tanks.[4] According to The Moscow Times, it has a 'forceful pro-Assad slant.'[1] In January 2013, a Russian judge from Belgorod, Sergey Aleksandrovich Berezhnoy, a volunteer writer to ANNA, was shot in the face and arm while accompanying an ANNA crew as it reported on a unit of the Syrian Army fighting rebel forces in the Damascus suburb of Darayya.[5]
In April 2016, the ANNA website was defaced by the group of Ukrainian hackers, Falcon Flame & Trinity.[6]
In May 2020, ANNA News was banned from YouTube for violating terms of service.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Nechepurenko, Ivan (12 March 2013). "'Crazy Abkhaz' Journalists Cover Syria Frontline". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ О проекте Archived 25 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Alleged Syrian Tank Footage Offers Glimpse Into Devastation In Darayya (VIDEO), The Huffington Post (8 March 2013).
- ^ Robert Mackey (8 March 2013). "Russians Bring Dashcam War Reporting to Syria". The New York Times.
- ^ Robert Mackey & Ellen Barry, Vacation on Syria’s Front Lines Goes Wrong for Russian Judge, New York Times (31 January 2013).
- ^ Ukrainian hackers Falcon Flame Trinity defaced
- ^ https://ukrainetoday.org/2020/05/20/youtube-has-removed-three-russian-propaganda-channels/