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The news service also operates a television channel in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name=AFPnov14>{{cite news|author=Laetitia Peron|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|title=Russia fights Western 'propaganda' as critical media squeezed|url=http://news.yahoo.com/russia-fights-western-propaganda-critical-media-squeezed-132033487.html |publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=20 November 2014|accessdate=24 January 2015}}</ref>
The news service also operates a television channel in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name=AFPnov14>{{cite news|author=Laetitia Peron|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|title=Russia fights Western 'propaganda' as critical media squeezed|url=http://news.yahoo.com/russia-fights-western-propaganda-critical-media-squeezed-132033487.html |publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=20 November 2014|accessdate=24 January 2015}}</ref>

==Languages==
The '''Sputnik''' news service is currently available in 35 languages:
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* [[Abkhaz language|Abkhaz]]
* [[Arabic]]
* [[Armenian language|Armenian]]
* [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]]
* [[Belarusian language|Belarusian]]
* [[Brazilian Portuguese]]
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* [[Cantonese]]
* [[Czech language|Czech]]
* [[Danish language|Danish]]
* [[Dari language|Dari]]
* [[English language|English]]
* [[Finnish language|Finnish]]
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* [[French language|French]]
* [[Georgian language|Georgian]]
* [[German language|German]]
* [[Hindi]]
* [[Italian language|Italian]]
* [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
|width=15%|
* [[Korean language|Korean]]
* [[Kurdish languages|Kurdish]]
* [[Kyrgyz language|Kyrgyz]]
* [[Moldovan language|Moldovan]]
* [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]
* [[Ossetian language|Ossetian]]
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* [[Pashto]]
* [[Persian language|Persian]]
* [[Polish language|Polish]]
* [[Serbian language|Serbian]]
* [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
* [[Standard Chinese]]
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* [[Swedish language|Swedish]]
* [[Turkish language|Turkish]]
* [[Urdu]]
* [[Uzbek language|Uzbek]]
* [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]
|}


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 19:39, 30 September 2015

"Radio Sputnik" redirects here. For other uses, see Radio Sputnik (disambiguation).
Sputnik
Type of site
News, analysis, radio
Available inAzerbaijani, Abkhazian, Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Arabic, Russian, Chinese, English, Finnish, French, German, Japanese, Persian, Polish, Spanish, Serbian, Swedish, Kyrgyz, Hindi, Vietnamese and Turkish
Headquarters
Moscow
,
Russian Federation
Area servedWorldwide
ParentRossiya Segodnya
URLsputniknews.com
Launched10 November 2014
Current statusActive

Sputnik is an international multimedia news service launched on 10 November 2014 by Rossiya Segodnya, an agency wholly owned and operated by the Russian government, which was created by a Decree of the President of Russia on 9 December 2013.[1] Sputnik replaces the RIA Novosti news agency on an international stage (which remains active in Russia)[2] 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."[3]

The news service also operates a television channel in the United Kingdom.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/9/putin-dissolves-rianovostinewsagency.html
  2. ^ "Sputnik launched to news orbit: Russia's new intl media to offer alternative standpoint". November 11, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  3. ^ "About Us". Sputnik. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  4. ^ Laetitia Peron (20 November 2014). "Russia fights Western 'propaganda' as critical media squeezed". Yahoo! News. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 24 January 2015.

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