{{Infobox newspaper | name = State Information Agency | logo = State Information Agency Logo.png | logo_alt = Logo | logo_size = 200px | logo_caption = Logo | image = | image_upright = | image_border = | image_alt = | image_size = | caption = | motto = | type = | format = | school = | owner = [[South Ossetian Parliament]] | founder = [[Ministry of Information and Press (South Ossetia)|South Ossetian Ministry of Information and Press]] | publisher = | president = [[May Kharebova]] | general_manager = | chief_editor = | editor = | deputy_editor = | associate_editor = | managing_editor = <!-- or |managing_editor= --> | news_editor = | campus_editor = | campus_chief = | metro_editor = | metro_chief = | opinion_editor = | photo_editor = | staff_writers = | custom_label = | custom_data = | founded = {{start date and age|1995|12|5}} | political_position = [[South Ossetia]]n government | language = [[English language|English]]<br>[[Russian language|Russian]]<br>[[Ossetian Language|Ossetian]] | ceased_publication = <!-- Use: {{end date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | relaunched = | headquarters = [[Tskhinvali]] | publishing_city = | publishing_country = [[South Ossetia]] | circulation = | circulation_date = | circulation_ref = | readership = | sister_newspapers = | ISSN = | eISSN = | oclc = | RNI = | website = {{URL|https://cominf.org}} | free = }} The '''State Information Agency''' ({{langx|ru|'''Государственное информационное агентство'''}}) better known by its abbreviation '''RES''' ({{langx|ru|'''РEC'''}}) is the [[State media]] agency of the [[South Ossetia]]n government.<ref name="about us">{{cite web |title=State News Agency of the Republic of South Ossetia "Res" |url=https://cominf.org/en/node/1166479576 |website=cominf.org |access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref><ref name="LOC">{{cite web |title=Государственное информационное агентство "Рес", Республика Южная Осетия. State Information Agency Res, South Ossetia, Georgia |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0040235/ |website=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref>
==History== RES was founded on December 2, 1995, by the [[Ministry of Information and Press (South Ossetia)|Ministry of Information and Press]] during the middle of an uneasy peace between [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and South Ossetia that lasted from 1992 to 2008, following the conclusion of the [[South Ossetia war (1991–1992)|South Ossetia war]].<ref name="about us"/> The agency was named after [[Mount Res]], a mountain located on the border of [[North Ossetia|North]] and South Ossetia, which was described by Ossetian poet [[Khajumar Pliyev]] as a symbol of [[Proposed Russian annexation of South Ossetia|Ossetian unity]].<ref name="about us"/> The agency opened its website on April 7, 2003, which is one of the few free and readily available source of digital news in South Ossetia.<ref name="about us"/> The agency operated independently until August 9, 2016, when it was taken over by the Information and Press Committee of the [[Parliament of South Ossetia]]. As of 2024 the agency has been led by journalist [[May Kharebova]].<ref name="about us"/><ref>{{cite web |title=South Ossetia profile |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18269210 |website=[[BBC]] |access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref>
Due to the government's direct control of the agency, its independence has been criticized, namely by the ''[[Freedom House]]'' for almost exclusively posting pro-government and pro-Russian stories and opinions.<ref>{{cite web |title=South Ossetia |url=https://freedomhouse.org/country/south-ossetia/freedom-world/2023 |website=[[Freedom House]] |access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref> Despite this, the agency has occasionally been cited in Western Media such as ''[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|Radio Free Europe]]'' as a reliable source for the opinions of the South Ossetian government.<ref>{{cite web |title=South Ossetia Recognizes 'Luhansk People's Republic' |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/south-ossetia-recognizes-luhansk-peoples-republic/25427651.html |website=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref>
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