# RT

> RT is a news source in the TOLD catalogue, based in Russia. TOLD classifies its editorial position as **State-influenced**.

- **Domain:** rt.com
- **Website:** https://www.rt.com
- **Country:** Russia
- **Region:** Russia
- **Language:** English (+)
- **Editorial position on TOLD:** State-influenced
- **Founded:** 2005

## About

RT is the international broadcasting arm of the Russian state, established in 2005 to project Kremlin narratives to global English-speaking audiences. Its reporting amplifies Russian government positions on foreign policy, conflict, and geopolitics while casting Western institutions and media as systematically dishonest. The 2022 EU ban and UK Ofcom licence revocation formalized what regulators had long documented: RT operates as a tool of Russian state information policy, not as an independent news organization.

## Profile

- **Ownership:** ANO TV Novosti; funded by the Russian federal budget; editorially directed by the Russian government
- **Funding:** Russian federal state budget allocations
- **Focus areas:** Russian foreign policy, anti-Western geopolitics, Ukraine conflict framing, US politics criticism, international affairs; Russian state international broadcaster


## What the position means

TOLD classifies what an outlet publishes over time, based on ownership, funding
and focus. It describes a pattern; it is not a rating of quality and not a
ranking. Nothing in TOLD sorts, hides or promotes a source by its position.
State-aligned and partisan outlets are in the catalogue on purpose, labelled.

## Assessment note

Latest assessment: 2026-03-18. Generated with TOLD Source Prompt Brief v1.2.5. TOLD summarizes framing patterns and third-party classifications; it does not assess factual accuracy, intent, or legitimacy. External classifications: 8 (5 themes).

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