No. 175 in Russian
риа
"Риа" is a transliteration of the Russian word meaning "ria," a coastal inlet formed by the partial submergence of a river valley, or it can refer to "РИА" (an acronym for Russian Information Agency).
In a sentence
РИА Новости сообщает о важных событиях.
RIA Novosti reports on important events.
РИА in this context is used as a part of a proper name, 'РИА Новости', which is a Russian news agency.
Она прочитала статью на сайте РИА.
She read an article on the RIA website.
РИА here refers to the abbreviated form of the news agency name, used as a noun in conversation.
Я посмотрел программу в приложения РИА.
I watched a program in the RIA application.
РИА is again used as a proper noun, representing the organization within the app context.
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