'''''Russia Beyond''''' (formerly '''''Russia Beyond The Headlines''''') is a [[Russia]]n multilingual project operated by [[RT (TV-Novosti network)|RT]] (formerly ''Russia Today'') parent ANO TV-Novosti, founded by the [[Government of Russia|Russian state]] news agency [[RIA Novosti]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Kremlin-Funded Media |url=https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Kremlin-Funded-Media_January_update-19.pdf |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=[[state.gov]] |page=19 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-01-01|title=About us|url=https://www.rbth.com/about|access-date=2020-02-14|website=rbth.com}}</ref>
== History ==
''Russia Beyond The Headlines'' was launched in 2007 by the ''[[Rossiyskaya Gazeta]]'', a newspaper published by the [[Governmentgovernment of Russia]]. The first publisher of the project was the deputy CEO of ''Rossiyskaya Gazeta'' [[Eugene Abov]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Абов Евгений Владимирович "Биография"|url= https://whoiswhopersona.info/archives/140803|date= 2019-03-25|access-date= 2019-03-25}}</ref>
On January 9, 2016, ''RBTH'' became part of [[TV-Novosti]] whilst retaining its own distinct brand.