Private company

Rossiya Segodnya

Logo: rossiyasegodnya.com3

Russian state-controlled media group

Rossiya Segodnya is a media group owned and operated by the Russian government, created on the basis of RIA Novosti. The group owns and operates Sputnik, RIA Novosti, inoSMI and several other entities.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Dec 9, 2013Founded1
Здание информационного агентства «Россия сегодня» на Зубовском бульваре в Москве
Photo: Aleksey Savitskiy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Rossiya Segodnya (Russian: Россия сегодня, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə sʲɪˈvodʲnʲə], lit. 'Russia Today') is a media group owned and operated by the Russian government, created on the basis of RIA Novosti. The group owns and operates Sputnik, RIA Novosti, inoSMI and several other entities.2

Corporate structure

Rossiya Segodnya sits at the top of its group. 12 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Rossiya Segodnya Khamovniki District
    • Baltnews Subsidiary · Moscow, Russia
    • Prime Subsidiary · Moscow, Russia
    • R-Sport Subsidiary · Moscow, Russia
    • RIA Novosti Subsidiary · Moscow
      • ANO TV-Novosti Subsidiary · Москва, Russia
        • RT Subsidiary · Russia
      • T&R Productions, LLC Subsidiary · Washington, D.C., United States
    • Ruptly Subsidiary · Berlin
    • Sputnik Subsidiary · Moscow
      • Sputnik Belarus Subsidiary · Minsk, Belarus
      • Sputnik Azerbaijan Subsidiary · Azerbaijan

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Rossiya Segodnya reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Products and brands

  • news

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Government of Russia

Subsidiaries

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Dec 9, 2013Acquired Ruptly1

Timeline

  1. Dec 9, 2013Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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    Company websiteRossiya Segodnya logo
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