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Sputnik

Logo: Sputnik, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Russian state-owned news agency

Sputnik (Russian pronunciation:; formerly Voice of Russia and RIA Novosti, naming derived from Russian спутник, "satellite") is a Russian state-owned news agency and radio broadcast service. It was established by the Russian government-owned news agency Rossiya Segodnya on 10 November 2014.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Nov 10, 2014Founded1

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Sputnik (Russian pronunciation: [ˈsputnʲɪk]; formerly Voice of Russia and RIA Novosti, naming derived from Russian спутник, "satellite") is a Russian state-owned news agency and radio broadcast service. It was established by the Russian government-owned news agency Rossiya Segodnya on 10 November 2014.2

Corporate structure

Sputnik is part of a group headed by Rossiya Segodnya. 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
    • Sputnik Moscow
      • Sputnik Belarus Subsidiary · Minsk, Belarus
      • Sputnik Azerbaijan Subsidiary · Azerbaijan
    • 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

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.

Products and brands

  • news

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Nov 10, 2014Founded Founded1

Sources

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