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TASS
Also known as Information Telegraph Agency of Russia, TACC, ITAR-TASS, Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union, Russian News Agency TASS, tass.ru, tass.com
The Russian News Agency TASS, or simply TASS, is a Russian state-owned news agency founded in 1904. It is the largest Russian news agency and one of the largest news agencies worldwide.
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TASS is Russia's largest news agency, originally founded in 1904, and is owned by the Russian state. It matters because as one of the world's biggest news agencies, it plays a major role in shaping how news is gathered and distributed globally, particularly regarding coverage of Russia and Russian interests.
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- Company.name
- Russian News Agency TASS
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- 20160803 104156 August 2016 in Moscow.jpg
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- 300px
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- TASS Soviet-era brutalist building in Moscow
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- Federal State Unitary Enterprise
- Company.foundation
- 1904
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- Moscow, Russia
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- Andrey Kondrashov (director)
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- State media news agency
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- News media
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- Wholly owned by federal government (as federal unitary enterprise)
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