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264 journalists in Russia (September 2026)

264 journalists are on file in Russia, 0.2% of the 127,602 on file. 77 are reporters and 113 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

264 Journalists on file
77 Reporters
113 Editors
1.47 Editors per reporter

Russia has 1.47 editors on file for every reporter. Across the whole file it is 54,548 editors to 46,013 reporters. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Roles

RoleJournalistsShare in Russia
Editors 113 42.8%
Reporters 77 29.2%
Correspondents 63 23.9%
Other editorial 7 2.7%
Anchors and presenters 3 1.1%
News producers 1 0.4%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

57 of the 264 journalists on file in Russia carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Fashion 8 14.0%
Sports 8 14.0%
Finance and markets 7 12.3%
Business 6 10.5%
Energy 5 8.8%
Economics 5 8.8%
Foreign affairs 4 7.0%
Investigative 3 5.3%
Defence and security 2 3.5%
Politics 2 3.5%
Crypto 1 1.8%
Culture and arts 1 1.8%

A share is printed only when the country's titled rows reach 40. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Outlets in Russia

OutletTypeJournalists in RussiaAll journalists on file
Kommersant Newspapers 55 73
Interfax Wire agencies 32 47
RIA Novosti Wire agencies 23 37
NTV Broadcasters 10 195
Forbes Online outlets 8 406
Sports.Ru Online outlets 8 18
BBC Broadcasters 7 3,935
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Broadcasters 7 264
Overseas Media Inc. dba RTVI US Broadcasters 6 24
Associated Press Wire agencies 6 1,057
Vogue Magazines 6 349
TheSoul Group Online outlets 5 29
Sputnik News Wire agencies 5 41
Bloomberg Online outlets 4 1,785
Cosmopolitan Online outlets 4 115
The New York Times Newspapers 3 2,168
Theory and Practice Online outlets 3 3
AFP Wire agencies 3 865
Newsweek Newspapers 3 187
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 2 1,535

Ranked by the journalists on file whose own profile is in Russia, which is not the same as the outlet's country. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

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JournalistLabs, 264 journalists in Russia, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/russia/.

Base: 127,602 journalists on file. Method: https://journalistlabs.com/method/.

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