On 12/09/2013 06:58 AM, Beloved Leader wrote:
Hat tip, JMG.

Russian news agency RIA Novosti closed down
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25299116


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.

The state-owned Voice of Russia radio station has also been closed.
The decree was effective immediately.


RT and Novosti are both mouthpieces for Putin, but even as such they do
a better job than any USA news channel.