''Vesti'' (, "News") is a brand used by the

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n broadcaster VGTRK and the regional GTRKs for their news service on television, on radio and online. News bulletins on

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had been using three horses motif in opening titles. It was dropped for once, and once again in 2014 brand refresh.

History

The very first edition of ''Vesti'' went on air on 13 May 1991 at 17:00. With that, the RTV channel began its broadcast, now known as Russia-1. From May 14, ''Vesti'' began broadcasting 15 minutes-long editions at 20:00 and 23:00. Compared to ''

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'', Vesti was innovative in terms of news presentation. For the first months of broadcast it was an opposition media, supportive of

Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

and the democrats. After the

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and breakup of the USSR, Vesti turned into official news bulletin of the new, post-Soviet Russia. The program was later extended to 50 minutes in 2002 due to the now called Telekanal Rossiya now airing a children’s program '' Spokoynoy nochi, malyshi'' at 20.50 (due to the fact that Channel One no longer airs it), and Vesti’s logo is inspired by the BBC. Vesti now airs at a full hour at 20.00.

Editions

* 11:00 * 14:00 * 17:00 (Monday - Friday) * 20:00 (Monday - Friday) * Vesti v Subbotu ("Saturday News", 20:00) * Vesti Nedeli ("News of the Week", 20:00 Sunday)

Hosts

Current

Former

References

External links

* Mass media companies of Russia Russian television shows Russian television news shows 1990s Russian television series 2000s Russian television series 2010s Russian television series 2020s Russian television series Flagship evening news shows {{Russia-tv-stub