Soviet Information Bureau

Soviet Information Bureau (Russian: Советское информационное бюро, romanized: Sovetskoye informatsionnoye byuro), commonly known as Sovinformburo (Совинформбюро) was a leading Soviet news agency, operating under that name from 1941 to 1961 when its name changed to RIA Novosti.

The Axis invasion of the Soviet Union started on 22 June 1941, opening the Eastern Front of World War II.

On 24 June 1941 a directive of Sovnarkom and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union established the Sovinformburo "to bring into the limelight international events, military developments, and day-to-day life through printed and broadcast media".

In 1944 a special bureau on propaganda for foreign countries was set up as part of Sovinformburo.

While Radio Moscow always started its announcements with the words "Moscow is speaking" (Govorit Moskva), during the Axis aggression against the Soviet Union in World War II broadcasts came from Sverdlovsk (today Yekaterinburg) until 1943, when activity moved to Kuibyshev (present-day Samara) until 1945.

The final Sovinformburo operational summary, 15 May 1945
From the Soviet Information Bureau by Yuri Levitan , announcing the capture of Dresden , 8 May 1945
Operational summary of 30 March 1945, announcing the rout of the Wehrmacht's Army Group Danzig by the Soviet 2nd Belorussian Front .