{{Short description|Russian state media outlet}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Russia Beyond | logo = Russia Beyond the Headlines - logo.jpg | image = Russia Beyond the Headlines - NY Times insert.png | caption = ''Russia Beyond The Headlines'' insert in 20 November 2015 international edition of ''The New York Times'' | type = Multilingual state media<ref name=USDoS /> | language = English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Italian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Russian | headquarters = 25 bld.1 Pyatnitskaya Street<br />Moscow, Russia | chief_editor = Vsevolod Pulya<ref name="RBTH">{{cite web |url=https://www.rbth.com/about |title=About us / Russia Beyond |website=rbth.com |date=January 2017 |access-date=2020-02-14 |archive-date=15 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915144939/https://www.rbth.com/about |url-status=live }}</ref> | website = {{URL|https://www.gw2ru.com}} (new)<br>{{URL|https://www.rbth.com}} (old) | logo_size = 200px | image_size = 200px | founded = {{Start date and age|2007}} | owner = ANO TV-Novosti }}
'''''Russia Beyond''''' (formerly '''''Russia Beyond The Headlines'''''), rebranded as '''''Gateway to Russia''''' in December 2024, is a Russian multilingual project operated by RT (formerly ''Russia Today'') parent ANO TV-Novosti, founded by the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.<ref name=USDoS>{{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 |archive-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321224400/https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Kremlin-Funded-Media_January_update-19.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="RBTH" />
== History == ''Russia Beyond The Headlines'' (''RBTH'') was launched in 2007 by the ''Rossiyskaya Gazeta'', a newspaper published by the government 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' |language=ru |url= https://whoiswhopersona.info/archives/140803|date= 2019-03-25|access-date= 2019-03-25|archive-date= 8 August 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200808093528/https://whoiswhopersona.info/archives/140803|url-status= live}}</ref>
On 9 January 2016, ''RBTH'' became part of TV-Novosti whilst retaining its own distinct brand. In 2017, the project dropped all printed versions.<ref>{{cite news|title= Russia Beyond The Headlines was handed over by the managing RT TV channel of the company|url= https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/09/01/2017/587399da9a7947c7cccd70f3|date= 2017-01-09|access-date= 2018-05-10|archive-date= 6 August 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200806215455/https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/09/01/2017/587399da9a7947c7cccd70f3|url-status= live}}</ref>
On 5 September 2017, ''RBTH'' dropped the last two words of its full name, becoming ''Russia Beyond''. The look and feel of the English edition was also refreshed substantially, removing all things regarded as distracting on screen when reading a story or watching a video.<ref>{{cite news|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title= Welcome to Russia Beyond's new website!|url= https://www.rbth.com/arts/326088-welcome-to-russia-beyond-website|website= Russia Beyond|location= |date= 2017-09-05|access-date= 2017-09-23|archive-date= 23 April 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230423150927/https://www.rbth.com/arts/326088-welcome-to-russia-beyond-website|url-status= live}}</ref>
After using a stylized ''R'' as the logo for nine years, ''Russia Beyond'' introduced a brand new one on 20 February 2023.<ref>{{cite news|title=Russia Beyond gets a fresh look with new logo|url=https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/335914-russia-beyond-new-logo|website=Russia Beyond|date=2023-02-20|access-date=2023-04-24|archive-date=24 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424143802/https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/335914-russia-beyond-new-logo|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Reception == In 2007 and 2014, former ''Slate'' journalist Jack Shafer and ''The Guardian'' commentator Roy Greenslade respectively accused ''Russia Beyond'' of being propaganda.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/jul/29/dailytelegraph-russia|title=Telegraph to continue publishing Russian propaganda supplement|last=Greenslade|first=Roy|date=2014-07-29|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-04-13|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=9 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009053441/https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/jul/29/dailytelegraph-russia|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SlateMag">{{cite news |last=Shafer |first=Jack |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/08/the-russians-drop-a-propaganda-bomb-with-their-washington-post-ad-supplement.html |title=Hail to the Return of Motherland-Protecting Propaganda! |work=Slate |publisher=The Slate Group |date=2007-08-30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406125206/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/08/the-russians-drop-a-propaganda-bomb-with-their-washington-post-ad-supplement.html |archive-date=2019-04-06 |access-date=2019-04-06 }}</ref><ref name="WashingtonBlade">{{cite news |last= K. Lavers |first=Michael |url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2013/10/16/washington-post-publishes-pro-russia-supplement/ |title=Washington Post publishes pro-Russia supplement |work=Washington Blade |publisher=Lynne Brown |date=2016-10-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628084329/http://www.washingtonblade.com/2013/10/16/washington-post-publishes-pro-russia-supplement/ |archive-date=2016-06-28 |access-date=2019-04-06 }}</ref><ref name="NewStatesman">{{cite news |last=Foxall |first=Andrew |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/03/war-home-how-russia-winning-battle-hearts-and-minds |title= The war at home: how Russia is winning the battle for hearts and minds |work=New Statesman |date=2015-03-01 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302043544/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/03/war-home-how-russia-winning-battle-hearts-and-minds |archive-date=2018-03-02 |access-date=2019-04-06 }}</ref> In Europe, the media outlet paid London's ''Daily Telegraph'', ''Le Figaro'' in France, ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' in Germany, and the Italian daily ''La Repubblica'' to be distributed as an insert to those publications, and in the United States it partnered with ''The Washington Post'' until 2015; ''The Wall Street Journal'' and ''The New York Times'' were bundling the insert into their regular editions as of 2018.<ref name="TheGuardian">{{cite news |last=Muir |first=Hugh |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/sep/02/1 |title=Diary |work=The Guardian |date=2008-09-02 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618160432/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/sep/02/1 |archive-date=2017-06-18 |access-date=2019-04-06 }}</ref><ref name="WashingtonBlade" /><ref name="SlateMag" /> ''Beyond the Headlines'' paid the ''Daily Telegraph'' £40,000 per month to be distributed as a supplement to its weekend publication and the ''Daily Telegraph'' website also featured content from ''RBTH''{{'}}s website. The monthly Russia-themed supplement first appeared in ''The Daily Telegraph'' and the American ''Washington Post'' in 2007 under the name ''Russia Now''.<ref name="TheCommentator">{{cite news |last=Shepherd |first=Robin |url=http://www.thecommentator.com/article/3400/britain_s_telegraph_runs_pro_putin_advertorial |title=Britain's Telegraph runs pro-Putin advertorial |work=The Commentator |date=2013-04-30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129103110/http://www.thecommentator.com/article/3400/britain_s_telegraph_runs_pro_putin_advertorial |archive-date=2018-01-29 |access-date=2019-04-06 }}</ref><ref name="TheGuardian" /><ref name="WashingtonBlade" />
== See also == {{portal|Russia|TV|Companies}} * Media of Russia
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