The Russian public broadcaster VGTRK (RTR) plans to reorganise its information departments.
As a result, reports Kommersant, the Directorate of Information Programmes (DIP) of Rossiya 1 will be combined with the information service of Rossiya 24.
The joint directorate will be headed by Irina Filina, and Yevgney Revenko, the former head of DIP, will leave the state holding to pursue a career in politics with the United Russia party.
In effect, the move will see the abolition of DIP at Rossiya 1.
