Its news service has bureaus and regional reporters in major Georgian cities (Kutaisi, Batumi, Gori, Poti, Zugdidi), as well as the permanent correspondents in Washington D.C., Brussels and Moscow.

In October 2001, the security police raid on the R2 office resulted in public anger and subsequent mass street demonstrations against the government's pressure on independent media forced Eduard Shevardnadze to fire his entire cabinet.

On 15 March 2003, to coincide with the launch of its sister channel Imedi TV, Rustavi 2 introduced a new logo which consists of a zig-zagged abstract 2-numeral that is coloured bronze and are made up of gradient effects.

Diana Jojua and Zaal Udumashvili anchored the evening news at 18:00 and 21:00, including sports with Dimitri Oboladze.

is a weekly analytical and educational summarizing program, which focuses on politics, economics and social problems; the project also covers topical cultural issues.

Rustavi 2 was originally owned by Erosi Kitsmarishvili, David Dvali, Jarji Akimidze and Nika Tabatadze.

GIG, which owns a 45% share of both stations, is a large company with diversified business interests ranging from coal mining and energy to travel.

[9] From February 2012 - August 2014, the National Democratic Institute conducted polls which included a question about which media organizations represented the interest of which political factions.