Press Release
RFE/RL Reporters Run Afoul of Local Security Structures in Azerbaijan, North Ossetia
Correspondents with RFE/RL’s Russian and Azerbaijani Services have faced new harrassment by local law enforcement officials within the past week as a result of their coverage of the Caucasus region.
RFE/RL Welcomes Babitsky Release, Deplores Guilty Verdict
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty correspondent Andrei Babitsky was released from jail in Moscow today after appealing yesterday’s sentence by a lower court judge.
RFE/RL Condemns Latest Arrest of Correspondent Babitsky
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Correspondent Andrei Babitsky was sentenced today on trumped-up charges by Russian authorities.
RFE/RL’s Babitsky Arrested At Moscow Airport Trying To Reach Site Of North Ossetia Hostage Standoff
RFE/RL Russian Service Correspondent Andrei Babitsky was harassed and detained today by police at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow, where he was attempting to fly to southern Russia to cover the…
Russia Attacks, Pattern of Recent Terrorism Focus of RFE/RL Russian Service Coverage
RFE/RL’s Russian Service, known in Russia as Radio Svoboda (Liberty), has two correspondents on the scene in the republic of North Ossetia where gunmen today stormed a school and took…
Chechen Election Lacks Legitimacy, Chechens, Experts Tell RFE/RL
Sunday’s presidential election in Chechnya was ostensibly a landslide victory for Alu Alkhanov, the Kremlin-backed candidate, but Chechens and experts interviewed by RFE/RL’s North Caucasus Service say the voting was…
Experts Tell RFE/RL Ukrainian Service: President Kuchma Seen as Lame Duck
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, who has ruled his country with an iron fist for more than ten years, is no longer a premier player in Ukrainian politics, according to politicians…
RFE/RL Correspondent Will Appeal Libel Verdict in Nakhichevan Drug Reporting Case
Melahat Nasibova, a correspondent for RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service, announced that she would appeal a guilty verdict announced today by the Nakhichevan City court, in a libel case filed by the…
Radio Free Iraq Gets Exclusive Interview With Jalal Talabani
Former Iraqi Governing Council member and head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Jalal Talabani discussed the upcoming trial of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in an exclusive interview with…
U.S. Ambassador Backs ‘Engagement, Rather Than Isolation’ In Relations With Turkmenistan
In an exclusive interview with RFE/RL, U.S. Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson said that her government believes that “engagement, rather than isolation, is the best way to encourage development” in that…