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Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	54,781	54,781	409	409
History	13	61,360	0	2,720
Foundation	6,606	6,606	334	334
Development and expansion	9,809	9,809	534	534
2012–2021	22,727	22,727	1,025	1,025
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine	20,734	20,734	752	752
2023–present	1,471	1,471	75	75
Organization	6,633	45,495	297	1,903
Budget	7,017	7,017	228	228
Network	13,919	13,919	384	384
Ratings/impact	15,077	17,926	716	994
Followers	473	473	67	67
Impact	2,376	2,376	211	211
Programming	2,443	16,412	138	765
The Alyona Show	2,194	2,194	191	191
Adam vs. the Man	2,010	2,010	91	91
World Tomorrow	1,596	1,596	158	158
Other shows	1,372	1,372	98	98
#1917LIVE	1,373	1,373	44	44
Programs	610	3,769	7	17
Current	965	965	0	0
Former	2,194	2,194	10	10
On-air staff	1,655	1,655	28	28
Guests	9,045	9,045	582	582
Content	3,138	48,479	174	2,066
Propaganda and related issues	21,175	21,175	712	712
Disinformation and conspiracy theories	13,316	13,316	600	600
Treatment of Putin and Medvedev	1,586	1,586	134	134
Anti-Americanism and anti-Westernism	5,120	5,120	307	307
Israeli–Palestinian conflict	1,690	1,690	39	39
Climate change denial	1,336	1,336	43	43
COVID-19 misinformation	1,118	1,118	57	57
Responses	16	65,433	0	4,240
States	17,342	17,342	891	891
Political involvement	5,277	5,277	330	330
Other responses	24	42,798	0	3,019
2008–2012	5,775	5,775	493	493
2014	10,602	10,602	940	940
2015–2016	11,269	11,269	692	692
2017–2018	5,051	5,051	362	362
2021	1,483	1,483	151	151
2022	6,044	6,044	267	267
2024	2,550	2,550	114	114
Awards and nominations	4,582	4,582	7	7
See also	285	285	0	0
Explanatory notes	197	197	0	0
References	17	76	0	0
Notes	28	28	0	0
Citations	31	31	0	0
External links	1,786	1,786	0	0
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Latest comment: 10 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Started dec 5, 2025. Markov035 (talk) 07:44, 7 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 22 December 2025

Latest comment: 9 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Please change:

| webcast = *{{URL|rt.com/on-air/}}
*{{URL|swentr.site/on-air/}}

to:

| webcast = *{{URL|rt.com/on-air/}}
*{{URL|swentr.site/on-air/}}
*{{URL|rt.rs/livetv/}}

Note: RT launched the domain rt.rs on 15 November 2022, following its official release.^[1]

References

↑ "RT". BBC Monitoring. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

Internetyev (talk) 11:23, 22 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Done

Vixissimi^📨 08:29, 26 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 29 January 2026

Latest comment: 8 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

In the programming section, change

==== Current ====
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
* ''[[P. L. O. Lumumba|Lumumba's]] Africa''
* ''Africa Direct''
* ''Moscow Mules'' ([[Chay Bowes]])
* ''Interview'' (various presenters)
* ''Going Underground'' ([[Afshin Rattansi]])
* ''[[CrossTalk]]'' with [[Peter Lavelle]]
{{anchor|WorldsApart}}
* ''Worlds Apart with [[Oksana Boyko]]''<ref name=Sky-worldsApart-01a>{{cite news|url=https://www.sky.com/watch/title/series/cdccb16c-6b36-4191-b4f1-9b26cccc812b/worlds-apart-with-oksana-boyko-cdccb16c-6b36-4191-b4f1-9b26cccc812b/episodes/season-0/episode-1|title=Worlds Apart with Oksana Boyko|publisher=[[Sky.com]]|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=29 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729061509/https://www.sky.com/watch/title/series/cdccb16c-6b36-4191-b4f1-9b26cccc812b/worlds-apart-with-oksana-boyko-cdccb16c-6b36-4191-b4f1-9b26cccc812b/episodes/season-0/episode-1|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''Inland Visions'' (Sean Thomas){{div col end}}

==== Former ====
RT's former on-air staff included 25 people from RT America.<ref name="RT International" />
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
* ''On the Touchline with [[José Mourinho]]''
* ''Africa Now with Paula Slier''
* ''Starbound'' (Egor Piskunov)
* ''Modus Operandi with Manila Chan''
* ''The Cost of Everything'' (Christy Ai)
* ''The Whistleblowers'' (John Kiriakou)
* ''Perspective with [[Scottie Nell Hughes]]''
* ''Let's Talk Bharat with [[Anupam Kher]]''
* ''Direct Impact with [[Rick Sanchez (journalist)|Rick Sanchez]]''
* ''The 360 View with [[Scottie Nell Hughes]]''
* ''On Contact'' ([[Chris Hedges]])
* ''Renegade Inc.'' ([[Ross Ashcroft]])
* ''[[Keiser Report]]'' ([[Max Keiser]] with [[Stacy Herbert]]) from RT UK
* ''America's Lawyer'' ([[Mike Papantonio]])
* ''Off the grid'' ([[Jesse Ventura]])
* ''Capital Account'' ([[Lauren Lyster]]) from RT America
* ''Why you should care!'' ([[Tim Kirby (radio host)|Tim Kirby]])
* ''Breaking the Set'' ([[Abby Martin]])
* ''In Context'' ([[Peter Lavelle]])
* ''Spotlight'' ([[Aleksandr Gurnov]])
* ''On the Money'' (Peter Lavelle)
* ''[[World Tomorrow]]'' ([[Julian Assange]])
* ''Moscow Out'' ([[Martyn Andrews]])
* ''[[Adam vs. the Man|Adam Kokesh]]''
* ''[[The Alyona Show]]'' ([[Alyona Minkovski]])
* ''[[The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann|The Big Picture]]'' ([[Thom Hartmann]]) from RT America
* ''[[The News with Ed Schultz]]'' ([[Ed Schultz]])
* ''[[Redacted Tonight (RT TV)|Redacted Tonight]]'' ([[Lee Camp (comedian)|Lee Camp]]) from RT America
* ''How to Watch the News with [[Slavoj Žižek]]''
* ''[[Larry King Now]]'' ([[Larry King]]){{div col end}}
* ''[[Sam Delaney's News Thing|News Thing]]'' ([[Sam Delaney]])
* ''[[Watching the Hawks]]'' ([[Tyrel Ventura]], [[Sean Stone]], and [[Tabetha Wallace]])
* ''[[SophieCo]]'' ([[Sophie Shevardnadze]])
* ''[[Sputnik (TV programme)|Sputnik]]'' ([[George Galloway]]) from RT UK
* ''[[Politicking with Larry King|Politicking]]'' (Larry King)
* ''News Views [[Scottie Nell Hughes|Hughes]]''
* ''On the Touchline with [[José Mourinho]]''
* ''In Question''
* ''Raw Take''
* ''[[Interdit d'interdire]]'' ([[Frédéric Taddeï]], resigned)<ref name="Taddeï quit" /> from RT France

to

==== Current ====
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
* ''[[P. L. O. Lumumba|Lumumba's]] Africa''
* ''Africa Direct''
* ''Moscow Mules'' ([[Chay Bowes]])
* ''Interview'' (various presenters)
* ''Going Underground'' ([[Afshin Rattansi]])
* ''[[CrossTalk]]'' with [[Peter Lavelle]]
{{anchor|WorldsApart}}
* ''Worlds Apart with [[Oksana Boyko]]''<ref name=Sky-worldsApart-01a>{{cite news|url=https://www.sky.com/watch/title/series/cdccb16c-6b36-4191-b4f1-9b26cccc812b/worlds-apart-with-oksana-boyko-cdccb16c-6b36-4191-b4f1-9b26cccc812b/episodes/season-0/episode-1|title=Worlds Apart with Oksana Boyko|publisher=[[Sky.com]]|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=29 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729061509/https://www.sky.com/watch/title/series/cdccb16c-6b36-4191-b4f1-9b26cccc812b/worlds-apart-with-oksana-boyko-cdccb16c-6b36-4191-b4f1-9b26cccc812b/episodes/season-0/episode-1|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''Inland Visions'' (Sean Thomas)
* ''The Whistleblowers'' (John Kiriakou)
* ''Perspective with [[Scottie Nell Hughes]]''{{div col end}}

==== Former ====
RT's former on-air staff included 25 people from RT America.<ref name="RT International" />
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
* ''On the Touchline with [[José Mourinho]]''
* ''Africa Now with Paula Slier''
* ''Starbound'' (Egor Piskunov)
* ''Modus Operandi with Manila Chan''
* ''The Cost of Everything'' (Christy Ai)
* ''Let's Talk Bharat with [[Anupam Kher]]''
* ''Direct Impact with [[Rick Sanchez (journalist)|Rick Sanchez]]''
* ''The 360 View with [[Scottie Nell Hughes]]''
* ''On Contact'' ([[Chris Hedges]])
* ''Renegade Inc.'' ([[Ross Ashcroft]])
* ''[[Keiser Report]]'' ([[Max Keiser]] with [[Stacy Herbert]]) from RT UK
* ''America's Lawyer'' ([[Mike Papantonio]])
* ''Off the grid'' ([[Jesse Ventura]])
* ''Capital Account'' ([[Lauren Lyster]]) from RT America
* ''Why you should care!'' ([[Tim Kirby (radio host)|Tim Kirby]])
* ''Breaking the Set'' ([[Abby Martin]])
* ''In Context'' ([[Peter Lavelle]])
* ''Spotlight'' ([[Aleksandr Gurnov]])
* ''On the Money'' (Peter Lavelle)
* ''[[World Tomorrow]]'' ([[Julian Assange]])
* ''Moscow Out'' ([[Martyn Andrews]])
* ''[[Adam vs. the Man|Adam Kokesh]]''
* ''[[The Alyona Show]]'' ([[Alyona Minkovski]])
* ''[[The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann|The Big Picture]]'' ([[Thom Hartmann]]) from RT America
* ''[[The News with Ed Schultz]]'' ([[Ed Schultz]])
* ''[[Redacted Tonight (RT TV)|Redacted Tonight]]'' ([[Lee Camp (comedian)|Lee Camp]]) from RT America
* ''How to Watch the News with [[Slavoj Žižek]]''
* ''[[Larry King Now]]'' ([[Larry King]])
* ''[[Sam Delaney's News Thing|News Thing]]'' ([[Sam Delaney]])
* ''[[Watching the Hawks]]'' ([[Tyrel Ventura]], [[Sean Stone]], and [[Tabetha Wallace]])
* ''[[SophieCo]]'' ([[Sophie Shevardnadze]])
* ''[[Sputnik (TV programme)|Sputnik]]'' ([[George Galloway]]) from RT UK
* ''[[Politicking with Larry King|Politicking]]'' (Larry King)
* ''News Views [[Scottie Nell Hughes|Hughes]]''
* ''On the Touchline with [[José Mourinho]]''
* ''In Question''
* ''Raw Take''
{{div col end}}

Reasons: The Whistleblowers and Perspective with Scottie Nell Hughes have been revived and are currently airing new episodes as of December 2025. In addition, formatting for the former programming would be fixed. Lastly, I believe the French programme would be best left for the page of the French network.

Young N' Brash (talk) 21:46, 29 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. Pr0m37h3u$ 09:29, 30 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

[1] "RT". BBC Monitoring. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

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