RT (formerly Russia Today)

Rus­sia Today, now known as RT, is a Russ­ian state-con­trolled inter­na­tion­al news tele­vi­sion net­work launched on Decem­ber 10, 2005. It was found­ed as part of a pub­lic rela­tions effort by the Russ­ian gov­ern­ment to improve Rus­si­a’s image abroad, pre­sent­ing a Russ­ian per­spec­tive on glob­al events and coun­ter­ing what the Krem­lin per­ceived as anti-Russ­ian bias in West­ern media. RT oper­ates in mul­ti­ple lan­guages, includ­ing Eng­lish, French, Ger­man, Ara­bic, and Span­ish, and is fund­ed by the Fed­er­al Agency for Press and Mass Media. The net­work has been crit­i­cized for its role in pro­pa­gan­da and for pro­mot­ing a biased view of inter­na­tion­al events. RT’s pro­gram­ming includes news, doc­u­men­taries, and cul­tur­al con­tent, aim­ing to pro­vide an alter­na­tive per­spec­tive to main­stream media.

Ref­er­ences:

Wikipedia: RT (TV network)
NPR: How Rus­si­a’s RT went from cable news clone to covert operator
CJR: What Is Rus­sia Today?
Oxford Aca­d­e­m­ic: The Orga­ni­za­tion­al Behav­ior of Rus­sia Today (RT)