Vladimir Putin has announced that the RIA Novosti news agency will be replaced by the Russia Today news. And it “will take over all property owned by RIA Novosti in the country and abroad,” according to B92 News.
“On 9 December 2013 President of Russia Vladimir Putin ordered RIA Novosti’s liquidation and the creation of International Information Agency Russia Today,” more commonly known as Russia Today.
An article in the New York Times emphasized the recent protests in the Ukraine, probably one reason Putin has scrapped RIA Novosti. Maybe he is trying to consolidate the news in order to contain the publicity.
Twitter users will note that there were pictures trending of Ukraine protesters toppling the Lenin statue in the city of Kiev.
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