Russia
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 Seeks To Expand In Russia, Despite ‘Foreign Agent’ Law
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) President Jamie Fly left Moscow on January 31 with a defiant message following three days of meetings meant to clarify the implications of Russia’s “Foreign…
Russian Authorities Release Crimea Journalist, But Continue To Block Information About The Region
Mykola Semena, a Crimean contributor to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Ukrainian Service, has been released from house arrest.
Current Time Racks Up Distinctions And Awards
Current Time launched the seven-part TV series InterNYET for Russian audiences last night, the latest addition to a highly acclaimed program catalog that reflects the network’s growing impact as a source of…