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'''''Sputnik News''''' (formerly [[Voice of Russia]] and [[RIA Novosti]]) is a news agency, news website platform and radio broadcast service established by the [[Russia]]n government-owned news agency [[Rossiya Segodnya]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/9/putin-dissolves-rianovostinewsagency.html |title=Putin dissolves RIA Novosti news agency |last1=Pizzi |first1=Michael |date=December 9, 2013 |publisher=Al Jazeera America }}</ref> Headquartered in [[Moscow]], ''Sputnik News'' has regional editorial offices in [[Washington]], [[Cairo]], [[Beijing]], [[Singapore]], [[London]] and [[Edinburgh]], focuses on global politics and economics and is geared towards a non-Russian audience.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sputniknews.com/docs/about/index.html|title=Sputnik International|first=|last=Sputnik|work=sputniknews.com}}</ref>  
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'''''Sputnik News''''' (formerly [[Voice of Russia]] and [[RIA Novosti]]) is a news agency, news website platform and radio broadcast service established by the [[Russia]]n government-owned news agency [[Rossiya Segodnya]].<ref>http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/9/putin-dissolves-rianovostinewsagency.html </ref> Headquartered in [[Moscow]], ''Sputnik News'' has regional editorial offices in [[Washington]], [[Cairo]], [[Beijing]], [[Singapore]], [[London]] and [[Edinburgh]], focuses on global politics and economics and is geared towards a non-Russian audience.<ref>https://sputniknews.com/docs/about/index.html</ref>  
  
''Sputnik News'' currently operates news websites, featuring reporting and commentary, in over 30 languages including English, Spanish, Polish, Serbian, and several others. The websites also house over 800 hours of radio broadcasting material each day and its newswire service runs around the clock.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-37036900|title=Russian news agency Sputnik sets up Scottish studio|date=August 10, 2016|publisher=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://russia-insider.com/en/society/2014/12/02/03-16-39am/ni_hao_sputnik_news_service_now_available_chinese_sputnik|title=Sputnik Launches 24/7 News Coverage in Chinese|access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.voanews.com/a/russia-launches-new-media-brand-called-sputnik/2515216.html|title=Russia's New World Broadcast Service is 'Sputnik'|last=Hilburn|first=Matthew|publisher=Voice of America News|access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref>
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''Sputnik News'' currently operates news websites, featuring reporting and commentary, in over 30 languages including English, Spanish, Polish, Serbian, and several others. The websites also house over 800 hours of radio broadcasting material each day and its newswire service runs around the clock.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-37036900</ref><ref>http://russia-insider.com/en/society/2014/12/02/03-16-39am/ni_hao_sputnik_news_service_now_available_chinese_sputnik</ref><ref>http://www.voanews.com/a/russia-launches-new-media-brand-called-sputnik/2515216.html</ref>
  
 
==Criticism==
 
==Criticism==
 
[[Ben Nimmo]] (of the [[Institute for Statecraft]]) wrote as a  “defence analyst” in ''[[The Times]]'' that Sputnik News is “an instrument of Russian state power, not an independent journalism outlet.”<ref>https://www.rt.com/news/447334-ben-nimmo-integrity-initiative-msm/</ref>
 
[[Ben Nimmo]] (of the [[Institute for Statecraft]]) wrote as a  “defence analyst” in ''[[The Times]]'' that Sputnik News is “an instrument of Russian state power, not an independent journalism outlet.”<ref>https://www.rt.com/news/447334-ben-nimmo-integrity-initiative-msm/</ref>
  
The ''[[New York Times]]'' wrote that ''Sputnik News'' engages in bias and disinformation,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/world/europe/russia-sweden-disinformation.html|title=A Powerful Russian Weapon: The Spread of False Stories|last=MacFarquhar|first=Neil|date=August 28, 2016|work=The New York Times|accessdate=29 August 2016}}</ref> and has been described as a Russian propaganda outlet.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Elias |first1=Groll |title=Kremlin's ‘Sputnik’ Newswire Is the BuzzFeed of Propaganda|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/11/10/kremlins-sputnik-newswire-is-the-buzzfeed-of-propaganda/|work=Foreign Policy|date=November 10, 2014|accessdate=January 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cepa.org/sputnik-propaganda-in-orbit|title=Sputnik. Propaganda in a New Orbit|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)|access-date=January 29, 2016|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816060435/http://cepa.org/sputnik-propaganda-in-orbit|archivedate=August 16, 2017|df=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=6604516|title=Report: Russia spread fake news and disinformation in Sweden - Radio Sweden|last=Radio|first=Sveriges|language=en|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref>
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The ''[[New York Times]]'' wrote that ''Sputnik News'' engages in bias and disinformation,<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/world/europe/russia-sweden-disinformation.html</ref> and has been described as a Russian propaganda outlet.<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/11/10/kremlins-sputnik-newswire-is-the-buzzfeed-of-propaganda/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170816060435/http://cepa.org/sputnik-propaganda-in-orbit</ref><ref>http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=6604516</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 11:57, 6 August 2021

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A Russian news outlet that has been criticised as disinformation by Western commentators such as the Institute of Statecraft and the New York Times.

Sputnik News (formerly Voice of Russia and RIA Novosti) is a news agency, news website platform and radio broadcast service established by the Russian government-owned news agency Rossiya Segodnya.[1] Headquartered in Moscow, Sputnik News has regional editorial offices in Washington, Cairo, Beijing, Singapore, London and Edinburgh, focuses on global politics and economics and is geared towards a non-Russian audience.[2]

Sputnik News currently operates news websites, featuring reporting and commentary, in over 30 languages including English, Spanish, Polish, Serbian, and several others. The websites also house over 800 hours of radio broadcasting material each day and its newswire service runs around the clock.[3][4][5]

Criticism

Ben Nimmo (of the Institute for Statecraft) wrote as a “defence analyst” in The Times that Sputnik News is “an instrument of Russian state power, not an independent journalism outlet.”[6]

The New York Times wrote that Sputnik News engages in bias and disinformation,[7] and has been described as a Russian propaganda outlet.[8][9][10]


 

Employees on Wikispooks

EmployeeJobAppointedEnd
Mohamed ElmaaziMultimedia JournalistNovember 2019March 2021
Johanna RossExecutive Producer2015August 2019

 

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