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Margaret Hoover (L) and Kristin Lord (R)

Margaret Hoover, Kristin Lord Join RFE/RL’s Board of Directors

RFE/RL welcomes journalist and commentator Margaret Hoover and nonprofit executive Kristin Lord as new Board Members, effective April 26, 2022.

A man stands in a market observing the round, flat breads typical of Tajikistan.

Central Asia in Focus: May 17, 2022

I’m trying to remember if I ever ate a meal in Central Asia without bread at the table and I cannot think of that happening even once.

Mullorajab Yusufi and Barot Yusufi speak about how they were beaten following an interview.

RFE/RL Journalists Beaten In Tajikistan

In an escalation of harassment of journalists in Tajikistan, four RFE/RL journalists were beaten, threatened, and had their electronic equipment seized after conducting an interview.

Dr. Iain Elliot in Moscow - August 20th, 1991

Report from Moscow: An Eyewitness View of Soviet Putsch

This story was originally published in the August/September 1991 issue of “Shortwaves,” an RFE/RL internal publication. What follows is an eyewitness account of the failed attempt by Soviet hardliners in…

Kazakh interim President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (L) and former President Nursultan Nazarbayev (R) attend the Astana Economic Forum in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.

Central Asia in Focus: May 10, 2022

Kazakhstan is conducting a national referendum on changes to the constitution on June 5.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov

Central Asia in Focus: May 3, 2022

When Turkmenistan announced there would be a presidential election, everyone knew President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov’s son Serdar would win.

RFE/RL Ukrainian Service's journalist Vira Hyrych. (RFE/RL).

Journalists in Trouble: World Press Freedom Day Edition

RFE/RL remembers Ukrainian Service journalist Vira Hyrych, who was killed in a Russian air strike in Kyiv.

An image of Ukrainian Service Journalist Vira Hyrych, who was killed in a Russian strike against Kiev.

RFE/RL Mourns Death of Ukrainian Service Journalist Vira Hyrych in Russian Air Strike in Kyiv 

RFE/RL mourns the death of Ukrainian Service journalist Vira Hyrych, who died in Kyiv after a Russian air strike hit the residential building where she lived in the Ukrainian capital.

Briefly… On Reporting A War That Can’t Be Called A “War”

RFE/RL Russian Service journalist Mumin Shakirov explains Russia’s “law on fakes” and why he can no longer return to Russia.

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