What is RTVI?
{{Infobox television channel | name = RTVI | logo = Logo RTVI 2017 1.png | logo_size = 200px | launch_date = 1 January 1997 | picture_format = [[576i]] [[SDTV]] | owner = Ruslan Sokolov until October 2019 then [[Mikayel Israyelyan]]<ref name=Project25122019>{{cite news |url=https://www.proekt.media/narrative/liberal-sergey-chemezov/ |title=Друзья по особым поручениям. Рассказ о том, как Сергей Чемезов связался с либералами |trans-title=Friends on special missions. The story of how Sergey Chemezov got in touch with liberals |work=Проект Медиа (Proekt) |last1=Сотников |first1=Даниил (Sotnikov, Daniil) |last2=Чуракова |first2=Ольга (Churakova, Olga) |last3=Баданин |first3=Роман (Badanin, Roman) |last4=Рубина |first4=Михаила (Rubin, Mikhail) |last5=Сурначевой |first5=Елизаветы (Surnacheva, Elizabeth) |date=25 December 2019 |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Russian |archive-date=4 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304150728/https://www.proekt.media/narrative/liberal-sergey-chemezov/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | country = [[United States]]<br />[[Germany]]<br />[[Israel]] | area = Worldwide | headquarters = [[Moscow]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=RTVI|url=https://rtvi.com/|access-date=2021-07-05|website=rtvi.com|language=ru}}</ref><br />[[Long Island City]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=RTVI.TV|url=https://rtvi.tv/|access-date=2021-07-05|website=rtvi.tv}}</ref> | former_names = NTV International (1997–2002) | website = [http://rtvi.com rtvi.com] | sat_serv_1 = [[DirecTV]] (USA) | sat_chan_1 = Channel 2148 | iptv_serv_1 = [[Verizon FiOS]] (USA) | iptv_chan_1 = Channel 1776 | cable_serv_1 = [[Charter Spectrum]] | cable_chan_1 = Channel 1613 | cable_serv_2 = [[Optimum (cable brand)|Optimum]] | cable_chan_2 = Channel 1182 }} '''RTVI''' ('''Russian Television International'''), more recently stylized as '''RTVi''', is a privately-owned international [[Russian-language]] [[television network]]. Its primary audiences are the Russian-speaking communit