Sputnik
Source Passport
RU-M-00006-4
Issued and maintained by MJRC
- Legal name
- Not disclosed
- Country
- Russia
- Type
- News agency
- Founded
- Not disclosed
- Editor-in-chief
- Not disclosed
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- Not yet
0 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Partial
3 of 6 key disclosures on record, 0 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number not disclosed
- Owners with influence not disclosed
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not applicable
- State or public-body ownership stated on record, not yet checked
- State advertising or revenue mix not disclosed
- Public contact address on record, not yet checked
- Official websites and accounts on record, not yet checked
- State-owned
- Owners not disclosed
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Who is it?
Origin
Not yet verified
- Brand names
- Not disclosed
- Company registration number
- Not disclosed
- Registered address
- Not disclosed
- Public contact email Pending check
- feedback@sputniknews.com
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owners with influence
- Not disclosed
- Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership Pending check
- Fully state-owned
- Parent group
- Not disclosed
2 sources
- Sputnik, 'About Us' page, undated, read 2026-10-20 via mirror host 45.82.254.79.sslip.io (page URL points to sputnikglobe.com; 'The Sputnik brand was launched on November 10, 2014, by the Russian media group Rossiya Segodnya'; newswire in English, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Farsi; HQ Moscow; copyright МИА "Россия сегодня"; feedback@sputniknews.com, media@sputniknews.com)
- Rossiyskaya Gazeta (official publication), Presidential Decree 'О некоторых мерах по повышению эффективности деятельности государственных СМИ' of 9 Dec 2013, read 2026-10-20 (creates the федеральное государственное унитарное предприятие "Международное информационное агентство "Россия сегодня"", Zubovsky Boulevard 4, bldgs 1-3, Moscow; purpose 'освещение за рубежом государственной политики Российской Федерации'; general director appointed and dismissed by the President; liquidates FSUE RIA Novosti and FBU 'Голос России', transferring their property and subsidiaries to the new agency)
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
- State advertising and foreign public funding
- Not disclosed
- Revenue mix
- Not disclosed
- Named funders
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Not yet verified
- Official websites Pending check
- Official social accounts
- Not disclosed
How does it travel?
Distribution
Nothing disclosed
- Distribution partners
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Not yet verified
- Sister outlets in the same group Pending check
- РИА Новости (RIA Novosti)
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 November 2026 | First published |
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