Rusiya Al-Yaum is the world’s first Arabic-language channel presenting news with a Russian view. Up-to-the-minute coverage of events in Russia and across the world drives our exciting and imaginative broadcasting. As well as stories not seen anywhere else, our viewers get the Russian angle on developments shaping the world.
Rusiya Al-Yaum TV Channel started broadcasting on 4th May 2007. Since then we have won a growing audience and forged a respected reputation as a trusted and objective source of news and analysis.
Twenty-four hours a day, Rusiya Al-Yaum provides viewers with the top stories - be it breaking news, analysis of the latest political and economic developments, or lifestyle and cultural topics too.
Rusiya Al-Yaum’s correspondents across the world get to the heart of stories where and when they happen, from our news bureaus in Washington, Paris, Teheran, Damascus, Beirut, Jerusalem, Gaza, Ramallah, Cairo and Baghdad, and our news headquarters in Moscow.
An open, non-coded signal transmitting Rusiya Al-Yaum is available by satellite throughout the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.
In Russia the channel can be received through NTV-PLUS and Cosmos-TV platforms.
Rusiya Al-Yaum can be received across countries with a total population of about 350 million people.
In July 2008 Rusiya Al-Yaum opened its own channel on YouTube.
High-quality live streaming of all our programmes is also available on our website www.rtarabic.com
The audience of the website as for March 2010 was about 1,4 million unique viewers.