Russia-1

Russia-1 is a state-owned Russian television channel first aired on 22 March 1951 as Programme 1 in the Soviet Union. It belongs to VGTRK. It was relaunched again as RTR on the 13 May 1991, now known today as Russia 1. It now belongs to the All-Russia State Television and Radio Company . Russia-1 has the second largest audience in Russian television. In a typical week, it is viewed by 75% of urban Russians, compared to 83% for the leading channel, Channel One. The two channels are similar in their politics, and they compete directly in entertainment. Russia-1 has many regional variations and broadcasts in many languages. It has the information program “Vesti”, the recognized leader of news broadcasting in the country, and single broadcast windows for all regional branches of VGTRK, which broadcast local news blocks.