BBC News Russian

Russian-language division of the BBC World Service
Organization broadcast_network Q4400554
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BBC News Russian

Summary

BBC News Russian is a broadcast network[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of broadcast_network entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (123 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • BBC News Russian is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • BBC News Russian is in the country of Russia[4].
  • BBC News Russian's instance of is recorded as online newspaper[5].
  • BBC News Russian's logo image is recorded as BBC Russian Service 2022.svg[6].
  • BBC News Russian's headquarters location is recorded as Moscow[7].
  • BBC News Russian's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 5166411170202480406[8].
  • BBC News Russian's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2022049940[9].
  • BBC News Russian's part of is recorded as BBC World Service[10].
  • BBC News Russian's Commons category is recorded as BBC Russian Service[11].
  • BBC News Russian's language of work or name is recorded as Russian[12].
  • +1946-03-26T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BBC News Russian[13].
  • BBC News Russian's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qhcbp[14].
  • BBC News Russian's official website is recorded as https://www.bbc.com/russian[15].
  • BBC News Russian's official website is recorded as https://www.bbcweb3hytmzhn5d532owbu6oqadra5z3ar726vq5kgwwn6aucdccrad.onion/russian[16].
  • BBC News Russian's category of associated people is recorded as Q138495297[17].
  • BBC News Russian's X is recorded as bbcrussian[18].
  • BBC News Russian's Instagram username is recorded as bbcrussian[19].
  • BBC News Russian's YouTube channel ID is recorded as UC8zQiuT0m1TELequJ5sp5zw[20].
  • BBC News Russian's VK username is recorded as bbc[21].
  • BBC News Russian's Telegram username is recorded as bbcrussian[22].
  • BBC News Russian's Facebook page ID is recorded as bbcnewsrussian[23].
  • BBC News Russian's Odnoklassniki ID is recorded as bbcrussian[24].
  • BBC News Russian's TikTok username is recorded as bbcnewsrussian[25].
  • BBC News Russian's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+1113353'}[26].
  • BBC News Russian's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+1088277'}[27].

Body

Founding

+1946-03-26T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BBC News Russian[13].

Identity

BBC News Russian's part of is recorded as BBC World Service[10].

Operations

BBC News Russian's headquarters location is recorded as Moscow[7].

Why It Matters

BBC News Russian ranks in the top 4% of broadcast_network entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (123 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . bbc.com. Retrieved . bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . bbc.com. Retrieved . bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . bbc.com. Retrieved . bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · ZI Jony · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facebook page id bbcnewsrussian
    Language of work or name Russian
    Inception
    Part of BBC World Service
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P4003]]: bbcnewsrussian, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257116|batch #257116]]"
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