Izvestia News Center and Al Mayadeen TV channel sign cooperation agreement

On March 20, the Izvestia Multimedia Information Center (MIC) in Beirut, Lebanon, signed a cooperation agreement with one of the leading media outlets in the Middle East region, the Lebanese media network Al Mayadeen. The document was signed by Vladimir Tyulin, General Director of Izvestia News Center, and Ghassan ben Djiddo, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Mayadeen.

In addition, Alexander Rudakov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Lebanon, took part in the signing ceremony. The partnership between the Russian media holding and the Lebanese TV channel will open up new prospects for the exchange of information and the development of international media cooperation.

"For us, this event is historic and very important. I am confident that our relationship with Al Mayadeen will continue to develop and be strong. We consider the TV channel to be our close partner, not only strategically, but also as a friend. Our cooperation will benefit the whole world and all journalism, because now world journalism, which has always been considered a benchmark, has shown its inconsistency, has shown itself to be an institution whose objectivity cannot be counted on for sure. I think that our joint work will allow us to build a common infrastructure for the work of our colleagues, as well as journalists from all over the world. In addition, it will provide an opportunity to convey different points of view to everyone who wants to hear them, and over time we will certainly create new standards for the global media industry," said Vladimir Tyulin, CEO of Izvestia.

The agreement, in particular, provides for the exchange of information and its joint dissemination, joint production of media content, internships for employees, and joint events. This will allow Izvestia News Center and Al Mayadeen TV channel to more effectively implement their tasks and expand their audience at the national and international levels.

The signed agreement will be an important step towards strengthening mutual understanding and trust between Russia and the countries of the Middle East, and will also contribute to a more objective and comprehensive coverage of events in both countries.

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Izvestia Information Center is Russia's first private multimedia information center. The Izvestia News Center includes an online news portal IZ.RU , Izvestia TV channel (IZ.RU), the Izvestia newspaper, the Delovoy Peterburg newspaper, the news services of the REN TV, Fifth Channel, and 78 TV channels. Izvestia News Center is a producer and distributor of news content in any format for TV, print, Internet, and radio. The monthly audience of Izvestia's online news resources is more than 100 million people, and the TV audience is more than 80 million people. Izvestia News Center is consistently included in the TOP 5 online news resources according to Liveinternet.

Al-Mayadeen is a pan-Arabic satellite TV channel launched in 2012 in Beirut. The channel broadcasts 24 hours a day and offers 17 different programs, covering news, analysis and exclusive interviews. The channel is one of the most widespread and influential channels in the region, with regional offices in Washington, Moscow, Tunis, Cairo, Tehran, and Damascus. Al-Mayadeen's correspondents cover the entire Middle East. The website is published in Arabic, English and Spanish.

Al-Mayadeen TV channel is actively developing in the digital space and has 1.45 million subscribers on YouTube, and the total number of views of its videos exceeds 500 million. X Al-Mayadeen has more than 2.2 million followers on the social network.