ANNA News
Russian pro-government news agency
ANNA News (Analytical Network News Agency) is a Russian pro-Kremlin news agency. The agency's name ANNA used to stand for "Abkhazian Network News Agency"; after the head office moved to Moscow, when registering in Roskomnadzor on 22 September 2017, "Abkhazian" was changed to "Analytical".
History
ANNA News was officially registered as mass media in Abkhazia on 18 July 2011 after the events of the Abkhaz–Georgian conflict. It was founded and managed by Marat Musin until his death in May 2018. Musin was a specialist in financial intelligence who worked at Moscow State University and at the Russian State University of Trade and Economics.
The agency takes a pro-Kremlin position, and is part of a wider network of outlets that amplifies Russian propaganda. ANNA publishes in the Russian language and is known for being "a voracious purveyor of insider YouTube footage of the Syrian civil war since 2012"; ANNA embedded with the Syrian Arab Army in their operations against rebels. It has been known for publishing footage recorded directly from Syrian Army tanks. In January 2013, a Russian judge and a former military intelligence officer Sergey Berezhnoy survived being shot while accompanying ANNA crew in the Damascus suburb of Darayya, Syria. Berezhnoy said that he participated in the coverage of the military operation in Syria as a writer.
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