Published: December 18, 2025 2:38 pm
Author: RT
MOSCOW, DECEMBER 18, 2025 — A special RT-branded train has started operating on one of the Moscow Metro lines to mark the 20th anniversary of the international TV network.
The launch of the branded train is part of a broader series of events marking RT’s 20th anniversary and its impact on the global media landscape, with a focus on the channel’s key accomplishments and the reactions it has drawn from leading international media and political figures.
The train features three distinct carriage types: “The Newsroom,” “Censorship,” and “Live Broadcast.” Each carriage tells the story of RT since its launch in 2005, filled with ironic references that are part of the channel’s signature style. Grab rails throughout the train incorporate specially designed structures shaped like megaphones and RT’s iconic microphones. The carriage walls are adorned with quotes about RT from international media and politicians, as well as remarks by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The RT-branded train will operate on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro until June 2026.
Earlier in 2025, RT marked its 20th anniversary with a gala evening event, held at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, which was attended by over a thousand friends and guests of the channel from all around the world. President Putin praised two decades of RT’s work from the Bolshoi’s stage.
RT also organized a stunning projection mapping show illuminating the façade of the Bolshoi Theatre. The lights-and-music show told the story of RT’s evolution from a single, English-language TV channel into a global multilingual network present all over the world.
On Manezhnaya Square in central Moscow, RT erected a giant installation designed as a megaphone. The structure featured quotes from a wide array of international ‘fans’ of RT’s work, including US Secretary of State John Kerry, who dubbed the channel a Kremlin “propaganda bullhorn.” The installation featured a studio housing live broadcasts, interviews, and recordings of RT shows.
Since its first international channel launched in 2005, RT has become a global TV news network providing breaking stories, current affairs coverage, commentary and documentaries in ten languages: English, Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Serbian, Chinese, Hindi, Portuguese and Russian; it also includes the sister multimedia news agency RUPTLY. RT is available 24/7 to over 900 million viewers in more than 100 countries.
