ITAR-Tass
/ˈaɪtɑːˈtæs/- the official news agency of Russia, founded in 1925 in Leningrad as Tass, and renamed in 1992俄通社-塔斯社（俄罗斯官方新闻机构, 1925年成立于列宁格勒, 当时名为塔斯社, 1992年更名）。
词源
from the initials of Russian Informatsionnoe telegrafnoe agentstvo Rossii 'Information Telegraph Agency of Russia', +TASS.