'''TASS''' (''Telegrafnoe Agentstvo Sovetskogo Soyuza'', 'Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union') was formerly the official news agency of the former [[Soviet Union]]. TASS originated as the St. Petersburg Telegraph Agency, which went live on September 1, 1904.
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'''TASS''' was formerly the official news agency of the former [[Soviet Union]]. TASS originated as the St. Petersburg Telegraph Agency, which went live on September 1, 1904.
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Since 1992 TASS has been named the Information Telegraph Agency of Russia (ITAR) but brands itself ITAR-TASS.
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In Soviet times it was taken over by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and given the name of TASS (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union).
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Since 1992 TASS was rebranded the Information Telegraph Agency of Russia or ITAR-TASS. In 2014 it reverted to its former name as the Russian News Agency TASS.