ANNA News

ANNA News (Analytical Network News Agency) is a Russian pro-government[2] news agency.[3][4] Its name ANNA stands for Abkhazian Network News Agency, but after the head office moved to Moscow, when registering in Roskomnadzor on September 22, 2017,[5] the word “Abkhazian” was changed to “Analytical”. The agency is engaged in influence operations and considered a propaganda tool.[6][7][8]

ANNA News
TypeNews agency
IndustryNews media
Founded18 July 2011 (2011-07-18)
FounderMarat Musin
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
(until 2017 in the Republic of Abkhazia)
Number of employees
50[1]
Websiteanna-news.info

History
Anchor Helen Krasovskaya with latest news of Novorossiya, 9 August 2014 (at background a title "South-Eastern Front")

ANNA was officially registered as mass media in the Republic of Abkhazia on 18 July 2011.[9] It was founded, and was led until his death in May 2018[10] by Marat Musin, a specialist in financial intelligence who lectured at Moscow State University and taught at the Russian State University of Trade and Economics.[1]

ANNA films embedded with the Syrian Arab Army in their operations against rebels.[11] It has been known for publishing footage recorded directly from Syrian Army tanks.[12] According to The Moscow Times, it has a 'forceful pro-Assad slant.'[1] In January 2013, a Russian judge from Belgorod, Sergey Aleksandrovich Berezhnoy, a volunteer writer to ANNA, was shot in the face and arm while accompanying an ANNA crew as it reported on a unit of the Syrian Army fighting rebel forces in the Damascus suburb of Darayya.[13]

In June 2014, ANNA News falsely claimed that political advisor Jen Psaki had been fired from the US State Department.[14]

In May 2020, ANNA News was banned from YouTube for violating terms of service.[2][15][16]

See also

References
  1. Nechepurenko, Ivan (12 March 2013). "'Crazy Abkhaz' Journalists Cover Syria Frontline". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  2. Kuznets, Dmitry; Kolomychenko, Maria; Kovalev, Alexey (20 November 2020). "To block or not to block: Will Roskomnadzor actually restrict access to major sites like YouTube for 'censoring' Russian content?". Meduza. Translated by Eilish Hart. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. Romashenko, Sergey (28 November 2020). "Роскомнадзор призвал создать видеохостинги для российских СМИ" [Roskomnadzor urged to create video hosting for Russian media]. Deutsche Welle (in Russian). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. "Перечень наименований зарегистрированных СМИ" [List of names of registered media]. rkn.gov.ru (in Russian). Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  5. "anna-news.info". ANNA News (in Russian). Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2021.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. Allen, T.S.; Moore, A.J. (2018). "Victory without Casualties: Russia's Information Operations" (PDF). Parameters 48. 1: 67.
  7. Andresen, Pascal (2015). "Kapitel 8 Im Kampf unterm Kreuz – Zur Rolle und Bedeutung christlicher Milizen im Syrienkonflikt" [Chapter 8 In the fight under the cross - On the role and importance of Christian militias in the Syrian conflict]. Jahrbuch Terrorismus (in German). Verlag Barbara Budrich. 7: 142. ISSN 2512-6040 – via JSTOR.
  8. Hunin, V. Ye. (2020). "Problems of ensuring the security of competitive intelligence activities in the context of an aggravation of information and psychological confrontation". Political life (in Ukrainian). Donetsk National University (3): 78–85. doi:10.31558/2519-2949.2020.3.10. eISSN 2519-2957. ISSN 2519-2949.
  9. О проекте Archived 25 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  10. Eremenko, Polina (31 January 2019). "Он не хотел приспосабливаться: Полина Еременко — об операторе Кирилле Радченко, убитом в ЦАР" [He did not want to adapt: Polina Eremenko — about the operator Kirill Radchenko, who was killed in the CAR]. Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  11. Alleged Syrian Tank Footage Offers Glimpse Into Devastation In Darayya (VIDEO), The Huffington Post (8 March 2013).
  12. Robert Mackey (8 March 2013). "Russians Bring Dashcam War Reporting to Syria". The New York Times.
  13. Robert Mackey & Ellen Barry, Vacation on Syria’s Front Lines Goes Wrong for Russian Judge, New York Times (31 January 2013).
  14. Mackey, Robert (7 June 2014). "Russian State Media Focuses Attacks on Kerry's Spokeswoman". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  15. "YouTube заблокировал каналы ANNA‑News, News Front и «Крым 24»" [YouTube has blocked channels ANNA-News, News Front and Crimea 24]. MediaZona (in Russian). 20 May 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  16. https://ukrainetoday.org/2020/05/20/youtube-has-removed-three-russian-propaganda-channels/
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