Information Telegraph Agency of Russia

The Information Telegraph Agency of Russia (Russian: Информационное телеграфное агентство России, Informatsionnoye telegrafnoye agentstvo Rossii), abbr. ITAR-TASS (Russian: ИТАР-ТАСС), is a major news agency in Russia, founded in 1902.

Headquartered in Moscow, the agency has 74 offices in Russia and CIS, as well as 65 bureaus around the world.

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