{"id":336869,"date":"2025-05-24T19:50:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T16:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/akademiya-rt-fabryka-propagandy-naroshhuye-oberty"},"modified":"2025-05-24T20:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T17:33:07","slug":"akademiya-rt-fabryka-propagandy-naroshhuye-oberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/akademiya-rt-fabryka-propagandy-naroshhuye-oberty","title":{"rendered":"RT Academy: Propaganda Factory Expands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last year, the Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group reported<\/a> on the activities of RT Academy (Russia Today) – a Kremlin-sponsored propaganda “factory” aimed at cultivating foreign media communities aligned with Moscow\u2019s narratives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RT, a longstanding mouthpiece of Russian disinformation, launched this training project for young journalists and media professionals from various countries in April of last year. Since then, its free online-courses – taught by RT staff – have reached approximately 2,000 participants, primarily from Africa, Southeast Asia, India and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the current year, RT already held a six-week online course in “International Journalism” for a mixed English-speaking audience of 300 people from 50 countries. RT also plans to run four additional courses in 2025, targeting journalists from India, China, African countries, and Arabic-speaking regions. Based on prior participation, the total number of foreign trainees could reach 4,000 by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program is expanding. Notably, RT is planning its first Arabic-language program. Besides English, instruction will be available in French, Chinese, and Arabic – reflecting RT\u2019s priority regions of influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A notable omission is the absence of a Spanish-language course, despite RT en Espa\u00f1ol being a top priority alongside RT Arabic. However, the launch of such a course appears to be only a matter of time, given the sustained demand for Russian propaganda content in parts of Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RT Academy receives broad informational support from Russian foreign institutions engaged in promoting Kremlin soft power globally – including diplomatic missions, Rossotrudnichestvo (federal government agency), and the Gorchakov Fund for Public Diplomacy. Recruitment also includes RT International journalists visiting foreign university journalism faculties or speaking at media conferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RT staff conduct a master class for students at Bennett University, India<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Funding is not a concern – RT remains a Kremlin propaganda priority, with 79 billion rubles allocated from the Russian federal budget for 2025\u20132027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond RT Academy, Russian propagandists are developing several other initiatives using RT\u2019s platform to recruit aspiring media professionals from around the world. A key focus is the BRICS bloc. Under its umbrella, Russia promotes MediaLab BRICS – an educational program for young journalists, bloggers, and students from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, organized by the Gorchakov Fund and the Youth Diplomacy Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RT School at MediaLab BRICS, Innopolis, Tatarstan, Russia \u2013 April 2025<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Russia also offers training visits and internships in RT newsrooms for international students studying media-related fields. One example is the academic program “Media-Information Sphere of Global Politics,” launched by Lomonosov Moscow State University in cooperation with RT, under the Faculty of World Politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Students of the Peoples\u2019 Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) at the RT stand during \u201cCareer Week,\u201d March 2025<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

RT Academy content focuses on applied media skills, including news production, on-camera performance, interview techniques, SMM promotion, and the use of AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, it is essential to recognize that RT-\u201clecturers\u201d are often cynical or ideologically biased manipulators who have built careers on spreading Kremlin disinformation. RT staff serve a regime that has systematically destroyed freedom of speech and independent media in Russia. Today, they are trying to whitewash the Kremlin\u2019s bloodstained image on the international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the nature of RT\u2019s operations, these Kremlin-initiated educational programs have no connection to the development of independent journalism. The real goal of RT Academy is to establish contacts for expanding RT\u2019s global information network. Its graduates may join the RT’s regional branches or promote Kremlin-friendly narratives through their own media projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volodymyr Solovian<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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