Russia
New TV Show Brings ‘Facts, not Lies,’ to Russian Speakers
A new Russian-language TV news program that launched today will provide audiences in countries bordering Russia with a balanced alternative to the disinformation produced by Russian media outlets that is…
Seven RFE/RL Collections Now Online At Open Society Archives
RFE/RL and the Open Society Archives are pleased to announce that seven major Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty collections are now online in its Digital Repository.
BBG Governors Seek to Expand U.S. International Media Efforts in Russia
Governors Susan McCue and Michael Meehan, wrapping up their visit to Moscow, state that “Radio Liberty is more critical than ever.”
BBG Governors Meet In Moscow To Discuss Future Of Russian Media
BBG Governors Susan McCue and Michael Meehan were in Moscow from May 3 to May 7 to consider matters relevant to U.S. international media in Russia.
Gessen Resigns As RFE/RL Russian Service Director
Masha Gessen, director of the Russian-language service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) for the past seven months, today announced her resignation from the position to begin work on a…
Steve Korn On Changes To RFE/RL’s Radio Svoboda
RFE/RL President Steve Korn discusses staffing and broadcast changes in RFE/RL’s Russian Service, Radio Svoboda in a message first posted in Russian to svobodanews.ru.
RFE Historian On The Development Of Independent Media After The Cold War
RFE’s resident historian, A. Ross Johnson, on RFE/RL’s role in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union after the Cold War.
New Book Debunks Myths About RFE/RL’s Early Years
“Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty: The CIA Years and Beyond,” the new book by RFE/RL historian A. Ross Johnson, was unveiled on January 20 at the Woodrow Wilson Center…
Erosion of Independent Media a Key Feature of Russia’s Democratic Decline
According to a new Freedom House report unveiled at RFE/RL’s Washington, D.C. office today, independent media have declined significantly across the former Soviet Union during the past decade.
Biden to RFE/RL: US Won’t Tolerate Russian Spheres of Influence
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told RFE/RL’s audience around the world today that “America wants to hit the reset button with Russia, not the memory erase button.”