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Former Vedomosti deputy editor-in-chief joins Prime

14:34 10/04/2013

Yulia Yarosh, a highly regarded media manager and former editor of Vedomosti and Kommersant, on Monday joined the team of Prime online economic news agency as Deputy Head of RIA Novosti’s Business and Economic Information Directorate.

RIA.RU readership grows three times faster than average global rate
13:35 09/04/2013
The number of visitors of RIA Novosti’s flagship website www.ria.ru has increased by 6% over the past year, reaching 9.7 million people by February 2013.
RIA Novosti Creates Information Navigator for People with Autism
14:25 03/04/2013
The RIA Novosti media group has joined the Light It Up Blue international campaign to raise awareness of autism.
RIA Novosti named official host national news agency for Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games
14:52 02/04/2013
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has named Russian News & Information Agency RIA Novosti as the official host national news agency for the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games.
RIA Novosti Infographics Studio publishes album of best works
13:15 29/03/2013
The RIA Novosti Infographics Studio has released an album of its best works which were published on resources of the RIA Novosti Group in 2012. The publication includes over 100 original images with accompanying text in Russian and English.
RIA Novosti photographers win silver, bronze at press photo contest in China
13:53 28/03/2013
Two RIA Novosti photographers, Alexei Kudenko and Valery Melnikov, have taken home the silver and bronze medals, respectively, at this year’s China International Press Photo Contest.
RIA Novosti Group opens Sochi 2014 newsroom
11:22 21/03/2013
The RIA Novosti Group, which includes the R-Sport sports news agency, opened a new newsroom as the host nation news agency and photobank for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, on Wednesday.
RIA Novosti infographics triumph again at Malofiej competition
16:29 19/03/2013
Infographics by the RIA Novosti Design Center have won two silver and one bronze medals at the prestigious international contest Malofiej 21, which was held as part of the Infographics World Summit.
RIA Novosti wins international SND awards
17:43 07/03/2013
RIA Novosti has won prizes at the SND34 Best of Digital Design contest, organized by the international Society for News Design (SND). The winning projects are “1812: War and Peace. A New Look” dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the 1812 war with Napoleon and the redesign RIA Novosti website launched last October – for individual approach to news production.
RIA Novosti wins Digital Communications Awards
10:02 28/02/2013
The RIA Novosti media holding has won the 2013 Digital Communications Awards in the Best Digital Strategy category. Editor-in-Chief Svetlana Mironyuk received the award from Dzhemir Degtyarenko, Executive Director of the Russian Association of Communication and Corporate Media Directors.

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