Putin Abolishes State News Agency

RIA Novosti to be replaced by Russia Today

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has abolished the country's state-owned news agency RIA Novosti.

In a surprise decree published on the Kremlin's website on Monday, Mr Putin announced it would be replaced by a news agency called Russia Today.

The new agency will be headed by journalist and keen Kremlin supporter Dmitry Kiselev.

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[freeAgent]

I wonder what this means, if anything, for the American wing of RT. I'm always conflicted about them. I like RT's critical look at the US, but it's state-sponsored (and by Russia, no less) and has an obvious pro-Russian bias as well.