Russia
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.”
RFE/RL Launching Russian-Language Show to South Ossetia & Abkhazia
Next month, RFE/RL will launch a news program in Russian to the Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The new 60-minute daily radio broadcast, called Ekho Kavkaza (Echo of…
Exclusive Nemtsov Interview After Obama Meeting
Shortly after meeting with President Obama in Moscow, Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov told RFE/RL that “Russian democracy is our problem, not America’s.”
Jeffrey Gedmin Meets Lithuanian President, Discusses Russian Foreign Policy
RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin was received by President Adamkus last week in Vilnius where he also participated in a panel discussion with the foreign ministers of Lithuania and Georgia.