RT Deutsch

RT Deutsch is a television channel based in Berlin. It is part of the RT network, a Russian state-controlled international television network, funded by the Russian government. The website was launched in late 2014.

RT DE
CountryGermany
Broadcast areaWorldwide
NetworkRT
HeadquartersBerlin, Germany
Programming
Language(s)German
Picture format1080i HDTV
(HD feed downgraded to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner(ANO) TV-Novosti
Sister channelsRT International
RT America
RT France
Rusiya Al-Yaum
RT Documentary
RT Actualidad
RT UK
Links
Websitedeutsch.rt.com
Availability

History

In 2013, RT started a subsidiary called Ruptly, a TV news agency which is based in Berlin. It has 25 offices around the world (including in Washington, Damascus, London, Madrid, Gaza and Cairo).

On 6 November 2014, RT launched a German-language network. The first German-language broadcast of RT Deutsch was a political magazine Der fehlende Part (The missing part), presented by Jasmin Kosubek. Starting with five shows a week this number was reduced to three in September 2015 and to one show in February 2016.

Programmes
  • Der fehlende Part presented by Jasmin Kosubek[1]
  • 451°[2]
  • Einmal in Russland[3]

Reception

In Handelsblatt, Andreas Macho concluded after an investigation of the program of the German branch of RT in November 2014: "The bottom line [is that] RT Germany spreads more untruths, reductions and distortions than this - promise as the moderators constantly -. would enlighten".[4] Die Tageszeitung summed up the selection of the interlocutors of the first weeks of RT Deutsch with "either flaming anti-American and European opponents of the left and right margins" together.[5][6] In February 2016 a former employee called RT Deutsch "skilful propaganda" and claimed that they are concentrating on an audience of conspiracy theorists and persons on the far-right of the political spectrum.[7] In February 2021, through obtained emails, a Der Spiegel investigation provided insights on how the station planned a platform for fringe groups to undermine democracy in Germany.[8]

YouTube removed the station's two channels from its platform on 28 September 2021 for breaking its policies on COVID-19 misinformation.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Der Fehlende Part – RT Deutsch" (in German). RT Deutsch. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  2. "451° – RT Deutsch" (in German). RT Deutsch. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  3. "Einmal in Russland – RT Deutsch" (in German). RT Deutsch. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  4. "Der Propaganda-Sender des Kremls in Deutschland". Handelsblatt (in German). 21 November 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  5. "Es gibt anscheinend Informationen". Die Tageszeitung (in German). 24 November 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  6. "Propaganda-TV "Russia Today Deutsch": Putin mit Hitler verteidigen". Die Tageszeitung (in German). 16 December 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  7. "Ex-Redakteurin packt aus: Das ist die Propaganda von RT Deutsch". The Huffington Post (in German). 26 February 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  8. "Germany Fears Influence of Russian Propaganda Channel". Der Spiegel. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  9. Westendarp, Louis (29 September 2021). "Russia threatens to block YouTube after it deleted RT's German channels". Politico. Retrieved 29 September 2021. Russian authorities threatened to block YouTube on Wednesday, a day after RT's German-language channels were deleted with Google's video platform saying the Russian state-backed broadcaster had breached its COVID-19 information policy.
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