RIA Novosti (in Russian: РИА Новости) or sometimes shortly RIA (Russian: РИА) is a state-owned and one of the largest news agencies in Russia. RIA Novosti is headquartered in Moscow and operates about 80 bureaus internationally.
The agency publishes news and analysis of social-political, economic, scientific and financial subjects on the Internet and via e-mail in the main European languages, as well as in Persian, Japanese and Arabic. It has a correspondent network in the Russian Federation, CIS and over 40 non-CIS countries. Its clients include the presidential administration, Russian government, Federation Council, State Duma, leading ministries and government departments, administrations of Russian regions, representatives of Russian and foreign business communities, diplomatic missions, and public organizations.
The current editor-in-chief of the agency is Svetlana Mironyuk.
Full name is a Federal State Unitary Enterprise Russian Agency of International Information «RIA Novosti» (Russian: Федеральное государственное унитарное предприятие Российское агентство международной информации «РИА Новости»), shortly FGUP RAMI «RIA Novosti» (Russian: ФГУП РАМИ «РИА Новости»). Early, RIA «Novosti» is a Russian Information Agency «Novosti» (named after Soviet Press Agency «Novosti» and Information Agency «Novosti»).