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*[RIA Novosti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIA_Novosti) - Reported in English until December 9th 2013, when Russian President Vladimir Putin signed its liquidation (that happened on April 1st 2014).
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* On the same day (December 9th 2013) RIA Novosti merges with the [Voice of Russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_Russia) to create Rossiya Segodnya.
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*[Rossiya Segodnya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossiya_Segodnya) (founded on December 9th 2013) is "wholly owned by the Government of Russia as a unitary enterprise<sup>1</sup>".
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* Started expanding into Baltic region in April 2014 under the name Baltnews, which was [discovered](https://en.rebaltica.lv/2017/04/sputniks-unknown-brother/) three years later.
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* Voice of Russia gets dissolved on November 9th 2014.
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*[Sputnik](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_(news_agency) launched as a subsidiary of Rossiya Segodnya on November 10th 2014.
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*[Sputnik](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_(news_agency)) launched as a subsidiary of Rossiya Segodnya on November 10th 2014.
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<sup>1</sup> Unitary enterprise: Government-owned corporation. Business entities have no ownership rights to the assets they use. Its profits go directly to the state.
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Sputnik's modus operandi in Central Eastern Europe: select a small number of anti-establishment politicians and give them substantial coverage, while reporting little or nothing about the representatives of other parties or points of view.
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Example: Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Polish presidential candidate in 2015, referenced on Sputnik ~10 times, received 3% of the votes, while Pawel Kukiz got referenced three times, even though he got six times more votes.
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[This thread](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14226670) gave some insights of what's happening in the Baltic states. Key points:
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* Russians don't feel the need to integrate with the local culture.
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* They only consume Russian-speaking media.
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* They see the reunification with Russia as the best choice.
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* To their little nations, it's seen as a case of fighting for the survival of their culture.
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