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RU-M-00004-9

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Legal name: FEDERAL STATE UNITARY ENTERPRISE "INFORMATION TELEGRAPH AGENCY OF RUSSIA (ITAR-TASS)"
Country: Russia
Type: News agency
Founded: 1904
Editor-in-chief: Андрей Олегович Кондрашов (Director General)
Claim: Not claimed by the organisation
Last verified: Not yet

0 of 6 layers verified

Origin Not yet verified
Control Not yet verified
Money Nothing disclosed
Channels Not yet verified
Distribution Nothing disclosed
Networks Nothing disclosed

Transparency

Partial

4 of 6 key disclosures on record, 0 of them checked by our researchers.

Legal name and registration number on record, not yet checked
Owners with influence on record, not yet checked
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 not disclosed
Official websites and accounts on record, not yet checked

State-owned

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Who is it?

Origin

Not yet verified

Brand names Pending check: ТАСС
TASS
ИТАР-ТАСС
ITAR-TASS
Company registration number Pending check: OGRN 1037700049606 (INN 7703082786)
Registered address: Not disclosed
Public contact email: Not disclosed

3 sources

Who stands behind it?

Control

Not yet verified

Owners with influence Pending check: Owner Holding Owner type
Российская Федерация (federal state unitary enterprise: its property is federal property) Direct State or public body
Beneficial owners: Not disclosed
State or public-body ownership Pending check: Fully state-owned
Parent group Pending check: Российская Федерация

Owner	Holding	Owner type
Российская Федерация (federal state unitary enterprise: its property is federal property)	Direct	State or public body

1 source

Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (GUR), War & Sanctions portal, company entry 5054, read 2026-10-20 (FEDERAL STATE UNITARY ENTERPRISE "INFORMATION TELEGRAPH AGENCY OF RUSSIA (ITAR-TASS)"; registration number 1037700049606; TIN 7703082786; sanctioned by Canada 07.07.2022 and listed for US, CH, EU, UK, AU, NZ, JP)

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: tass.com
Official social accounts: Not disclosed

1 source

TASS English site tass.com, article of 31 Mar 2022, read 2026-10-20 (site operated under tass.com; article reports UK sanctions on RT/TV-Novosti and Rossiya Segodnya)

How does it travel?

Distribution

Nothing disclosed

Distribution partners: Not disclosed

Who is connected?

Networks

Nothing disclosed

Sister outlets in the same group: Not disclosed
Documented public-office or party roles: Not disclosed

Change history

Version	Date	What changed
1	4 November 2026	First published

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