With its first international channel launched in 2005, RT is, today, a global TV news network providing breaking stories, current affairs coverage, commentary and documentaries in ten languages: English, Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Serbian, Chinese, Hindi, Portuguese and Russian; it also includes sister multimedia news agency RUPTLY.
RT is now available to more than 900 million TV viewers in more than 100 countries around the globe. Just in 2024, RT projects received more than 23 billion views online.
RT creates news with an edge for viewers who want to Question More. RT covers stories overlooked by the mainstream media, provides alternative perspectives on current affairs, and acquaints its global audience with a Russian viewpoint on international events.
Former President of Ecuador Rafael Correa and Kenya's eminent pan-Africanist and anti-colonialism activist professor P.L.O. Lumumba host shows on RT. Throughout the years, RT has worked with leading international media and public sphere personalities, including broadcasting legend Larry King, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, prolific Indian actor, best-selling author and motivational speaker Anupam Kher, Pulitzer-prize winning and Emmy-nominated journalist Chris Hedges, the “most dangerous financial expert” Max Keiser, former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond, legendary football coach José Mourinho, top American news personalities and veteran journalists Rick Sanchez and Ed Schultz, and French media icon Frédéric Taddeï, among others.
Ruptly, established in 2013, is a global multimedia news agency that operates as part of the RT network. It provides up-to-date video news content, exclusive and viral footage, and live broadcasts covering social, political, scientific, cultural and sports events, with a particular focus on BRICS nations and the Global South. Ruptly also serves as a key technical contractor for international coverage of the Russian leadership abroad. Today, Ruptly produces over 1,500 news stories and 300 live broadcasts monthly, with a client base of nearly 2,500 companies across 133 countries.
RT established its educational program for aspiring journalists and bloggers – RT School – in Moscow in 2016. Launched in February 2024, RT Academy serves as the international educational arm of RT School, offering courses in foreign languages. Since its founding, over 3,000 individuals from more than 50 countries have been trained through RT School’s competitive programs.
RT is the only Russian TV channel to be an eleven-time Emmy finalist. The network has been nominated for International News & Current Affairs Emmy for its coverage of the humanitarian crisis in the Iraqi city of Mosul, Guantanamo Bay inmates’ hunger strike, the Occupy Wall Street protests and other stories. RT also has been shortlisted for News and Documentary Emmy Awards for its VR project ‘Lessons of Auschwitz’, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp by the Soviet Army. RT America’s ‘Boom Bust’ financial show was a Daytime Emmy finalist for Outstanding Main Title and Graphic Design for a Live Action Program in 2020, while Pulitzer-prize laureate Chris Hedges, host of ‘On Contact with Chris Hedges,’ secured RT America its first Daytime Emmy nomination in 2017, as an Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host.
RT also holds dozens of medals from the New York Festivals for its documentary and news programming, and has been repeatedly recognized by numerous international awards competitions and media organizations, including the Monte Carlo TV Festival Awards, the Cannes Lions, the Webby Awards, the Lovies, the Shorty Awards, the Association for International Broadcasting, and the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, among many others.
***RT is an autonomous, non-profit organization that is publicly financed from the budget of the Russian Federation. For more information, contact: press@rttv.ru.