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‘Every Story That We Covered Was A Test’: James Critchlow on the Creation of Radio Liberty
RFE/RL Pressroom spoke with James Critchlow, an American Russia specialist who helped establish RL, about those heady, early days in Munich.
RFE/RL Reports Increased Attacks On Its Journalists
On the UNESCO International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has documented an expanding use of restrictive acts and intimidation targeting its journalists in no…
In RFE/RL Interview, Bolton Moots Putin White House Visit
In an interview today with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) during his swing through the Caucasus following talks in Moscow earlier this week, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton mentioned the possibility…
Current Time Brings Lauded Putin Film To Russian Audiences
Putin’s Witnesses, a film by Russian director Vitaly Mansky and supported by Current Time, has won the Best Documentary prize in the Czech Republic’s 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
In Run-Up To Summit, Kremlin Targets RFE/RL
The U.S. Department of State has condemned “the selective targeting” of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) in response to a July 5 ruling by a Moscow court finding that the media company…
Current Time Journalist Detained During Moscow Inauguration Protests
Dramatic video footage shows riot police surrounding and shoving a Current Time TV journalist who was reporting live from demonstrations in Moscow’s central Pushkin Square on May 5 protesting President Vladimir Putin’s inauguration for a…
At One-Year Mark, Current Time Leads With Innovation And Growth
Current Time is marking steady growth and expanding demand since its formal launch one year ago as a 24/7 Russian-language alternative to Kremlin-controlled media.
RFE/RL Reporters Faced ‘Relentless Pressure’ In 12 Of 23 Countries In 2017
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists have been targeted in no fewer than 38 incidents in at least 12 of the countries they cover in 2017.
RFE/RL Taps New Voices Through Documentary Film
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is expanding the ways it tells stories and connects with audiences through two new projects that tap into the power of documentary film.
Radio Svoboda Journalist Viktor Rezunkov
Prominent journalist, publicist, and longtime RFE/RL correspondent Viktor Rezunkov died in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, October 3. The former St. Petersburg bureau chief had suffered a serious illness, according to…