Russia Beyond The Headlines (
RBTH) was launched in 2007 by the
Rossiyskaya Gazeta, a newspaper published by the
government of Russia. The first publisher of the project was the deputy CEO of
Rossiyskaya Gazeta Eugene Abov. On 9 January 2016,
RBTH became part of
TV-Novosti whilst retaining its own distinct brand. In 2017, the project dropped all printed versions. On 5 September 2017,
RBTH dropped the last two words of its full name, becoming
Russia Beyond. The look and feel of the English edition was also refreshed substantially, removing all things regarded as distracting on screen when reading a story or watching a video. After using a stylized
R as the logo for nine years,
Russia Beyond introduced a brand new one on 20 February 2023. == Reception ==