Russian Telegraph Agency were not printed but rather painted with cut-out stencils made from cardboard. Once the required number of posters was painted, the stencils were sent to another city and put in circulation throughout the Soviet Union. During the World War II, this approach was reproduced in Tass windows by Kukryniksy. Russian Telegraph Agency Russian Telegraph Agency (, "Rossiyskoye telegrafnoye agentstvo"), abbr. ROSTA, was the state news agency in Soviet Russia (1918-35). After the creation of Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union in 1925, it remained the news agency of Soviet Russia. Its name was associated with "Rosta windows" (, "Okna Rosta").
News Agency of the Slovak Republic News Agency of the Slovak Republic The News Agency of the Slovak Republic (; abbreviation TASR or TASR-Slovakia) is a Slovak news agency founded on 30 January 1992. Its headquarters are located in Slovak capital Bratislava. TASR's main goal is to gather, store and provide news coverage of Slovak and international events in text, photo, audio and video form. The News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) is a public service, national and independent institution. It was set up via Act No. 358/2008 on the News Agency of the Slovak Republic. TASR isn't subsidised by the state; rather, it earns