About us
Today RIA Novosti is Russia’s only multimedia news agency.
Photos, infographics, audio, video, animation and cartoons – the agency produces a wide range of new and conventional visual products in providing up to the minute coverage of events in Russia and abroad.
The RIA Novosti Photo Service is Russia's most comprehensive photo resource, and is the largest such archive in any former Soviet country.
The history of the RIA Novosti Photo Service began in 1941, when it provided visual news coverage for Soviet and foreign media.
Its rich archive includes historical photographs from the 19th century in addition to its unrivaled collection of images by world famous photographers.