Censorship
On World Press Freedom Day, Coronavirus Multiplies Challenges Facing Independent Media
“Today the state has a new ‘stick’ – ‘fake news’ about the coronavirus,” says journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva, a contributor to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Russian Service.
RFE/RL Criticizes Tajikistan’s Attempts To Interfere With Coronavirus Reporting
As journalists with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Tajik Service race to cover the coronavirus pandemic, filling an information void left by an inert official press, the government is obstructing…
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…
RFE/RL Reporter Stripped Of Accreditation In Tajikistan
Tajikistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revoked the accreditation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) videojournalist Barotali Nazarov (pen name: Barot Yusufi) for his reporting in a brazen example of the…
RFE/RL, VOA Azerbaijani Radio Broadcasts Debut on FM in Baku
On January 1, 2007, the Azerbaijani-language services of both Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (which is known locally as Radio Azadliq) and the Voice of America launched a new 24/7 FM…
Ukrainian Prime Minister Discusses Transdniester in RFE/RL’s Kyiv Studio
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov was a guest in the Kyiv studio of RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service on March 15.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: A Region’s Voice on the Death of Milosevic
RFE/RL’s South Slavic & Albanian Languages Service (SSALS), broadcasting to the Balkans in five languages, was the region’s voice on the March 11 death and legacy of former Yugoslav president…
RFE/RL Ukrainian Broadcasts To Be Distributed Nationwide On Nashe Radio Network
Starting today, programs produced by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Ukrainian Service, known locally as Radio Svoboda, will again be distributed nationwide in Ukraine.
RFE/RL Russian Broadcasts Expand to UKV Frequency Band
Russian-language programs of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), known locally as Radio Svoboda, will be broadcast 18 hours daily on Radio 1 Center, a local UKV (“Eastern-Band FM,” 66 to…