Russian news websites

Russian state-controlled international television network

state-operated domestic Russian-language news agency

Russian government news agency

Russian newspaper

Interfax () is a Russian news agency. The agency is owned by Interfax News Agency joint-stock company and is headquartered in Moscow.

independent bilingual newspaper

Meduza (Russian: Медуза, named after the Greek mythological figure Medusa) is a Russian and English-language independent news website, headquartered in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 2014 by a group of former employees of the then-independent Lenta.ru news website. Free mobile applications for iOS, Windows Phone, and Android became the basis of the media.

Russian state media group

Lenta.ru (; stylised as LƐNTA.RU) is a Russian-language online newspaper. Based in Moscow, it is owned by Rambler Media Group. In 2013, the Alexander Mamut-owned companies "SUP Media" and "Rambler-Afisha" merged to form "Afisha.Rambler.SUP", which owns Lenta.ru. In 2012, the online newspaper was one of the most popular Russian language online resources with over 600 thousand visitors daily.

Russia-focused media outlet

Russian newspaper

Mediazona () is a Russian independent media outlet which focuses on the law enforcement, judiciary and the penitentiary system in Russia. It was launched by Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in 2014, after they served their sentence following the Pussy Riot trial. The outlet's editor-in-chief is Russian political journalist .

Gazeta.Ru () is a Russian news site based in Moscow. In 2012, ownership of Gazeta.Ru was transferred to Alexander Mamut. In 2020, the state-owned company Sberbank became the sole owner of Gazeta.Ru's holding company, Rambler Media Group.

Russian Internet-edition

Proekt () is an independent Russian media outlet specialising in investigative journalism. In 2021, Proekt was relaunched as Agentstvo (), but restored its original name in 2022, while Agentstvo became a news website.

Life (stylized as L!FE, formerly LifeNews) is a Russian pro-government news website owned by and published by . Its offices are in Moscow. The brand is most commonly associated with the now-defunct LifeNews channel.

online news site

Online Russian newspaper under Creative Commons license

inoSMI (, a derivation from "foreign mass media") is an internet media project that monitors and translates articles published in foreign and Western media into Russian, and is part of the state media group Russia Today.

Russian disinformation network

online Russian newspaper In English

news organization

Russian news site about free and open source software

Russian online newspaper

Fontanka.ru is a Russian Saint Petersburg-based online newspaper founded in 1999 by four journalists. In 2019, controlling stake of the newspaper's publisher Azhur-Media was bought by media manager Victor Shkulev, making him the owner of Fontanka.ru. The newspaper is considered to be one of the most cited publications in Russia and largest news outlet in Saint Petersburg.