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TASS
Sign in to saveAlso known as Information Telegraph Agency of Russia, TACC, ITAR-TASS, Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union, Russian News Agency TASS, tass.ru, tass.com
The Russian News Agency TASS, or simply TASS, is a Russian state-owned news agency founded in 1904. It is the largest Russian news agency and one of the largest news agencies worldwide.
TASS is Russia's largest news agency, originally founded in 1904, and is owned by the Russian state. It matters because as one of the world's biggest news agencies, it plays a major role in shaping how news is gathered and distributed globally, particularly regarding coverage of Russia and Russian interests.
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Key facts
- Company.name
- Russian News Agency TASS
- Company.logo
- 160px|frameless
- Company.image
- 20160803 104156 August 2016 in Moscow.jpg
- Company.image_size
- 300px
- Company.image_caption
- TASS Soviet-era brutalist building in Moscow
- Company.type
- Federal State Unitary Enterprise
- Company.foundation
- 1904
- Company.location
- Moscow, Russia
- Company.key_people
- Andrey Kondrashov (director)
- Company.industry
- State media news agency
- Company.products
- News media
- Company.owner
- Wholly owned by federal government (as federal unitary enterprise)
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
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Wikidata facts
- Employees
- 1500
- Official website
- tass.ru
- Image
- Moscow TASS 3542.JPG
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- Commons category
- ITAR-TASS
- inception
- 1904-09-01
- native label
- ТАСС
- social media followers
- 143000
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15 sectionsContents
- History
- 1902: TTA, SPTA, PTA, ROSTA
- 1925: TASS
- 1992: ITAR-TASS
- Organization
- TASS press center
- TASS building
- Controversies and criticisms
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Directors of TASS
- Notable journalists
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
The Russian News Agency TASS, or simply TASS, is a Russian state-owned news agency founded in 1904. It is the largest Russian news agency and one of the largest news agencies worldwide.
TASS is registered as a Federal State Unitary Enterprise, owned by the government of Russia. Headquartered in Moscow, it has 70 offices in Russia and in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), "along with 56 global branches in 53 countries".