Russia
RFE/RL Contributor Prokopyeva Found Guilty In Russian ‘Show Trial’
In a closely watched case, a Russian court today found Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Russian Service contributor Svetlana Prokopyeva guilty of “justifying terrorism,” marking a frightening escalation in the state’s attack…
Havel Fellow Brings Havel Legacy To Russian Audiences
This spring, Ivan Beliaev, a 2014 Havel Fellowship alumnus, published Vaclav Havel: Life in History, a biography of the playwright, dissident, and first president of post-Communist Czechoslovakia Vaclav Havel.
North Caucasus Service’s Online Library Preserves Chechnya’s Literary Heritage
In early 2015, as a step toward preserving Chechnya’s literary heritage, the North Caucasus service launched an online library available for free to users with both text and audio versions of classics…
Chernobyl: ‘A Radioactive Emergency Alarm Has Come From Denmark’
“American journalists are reporting from Moscow that a catastrophe has taken place at the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant not far from Kyiv” – these were the words with which RFE/RL’s…
Briefly… Ukraine’s Mykola Semena on Media Freedom
Mykola Semena, a contributor to RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, speaks about his arrest in Russian-occupied Crimea.
Briefly… Ukraine’s Stanislav Aseyev on Media Freedom
Stanislav Aseyev, a contributor to RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, was recently released in a Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange.
Briefly… Russia’s Svetlana Prokopyeva On Media Freedom
Svetlana Prokopyeva, a freelance contributor to RFE/RL’s Russian Service, faces a seven-year charge for “using a mass media platform to justify terrorism.”
As Coronavirus Spreads, Authorities Target RFE/RL Journalists In Effort To Control Information
As the coronavirus continues to spread, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists have increasingly found themselves caught between the needs of citizens for reliable information, and the efforts of authoritarian…
Six Years On, RFE/RL’s Crimea Team Counters Kremlin Disinformation
RFE/RL’s Crimea.Realities unit marks six years of unflinching efforts to provide residents with accurate information and counter the propaganda reinforcing Moscow’s presence.
RFE/RL Celebrates Journalism By, About, and for Women
In recognition of March 8, International Women’s Day, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) continues to promote and celebrate the contributions of women who make headlines.