The history of International Information Agency Russia Today (formerly RIA Novosti) dates back to 24 June 1941.
Every day, International Information Agency Russia Today provides prompt socio-political, economic, scientific and financial information in Russian, main European and the Arab languages by means of electronic communications, internet, printed bulletins and reference materials.
RIA Russia Today offers news photographic information on a daily basis: the shooting of the most important political events and all aspects of public and cultural life in Russia.
The "PHOTO-NOVOSTI" company is one of the largest of its kind in Russia with a photo materials bank comprising more than two million colour and black-and-white negatives and slides depicting all aspects of life in Russia and abroad since the beginning of the century to this day.