Radio Liberty – BBG and USAGM Watch

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HISTORY Flora Wovschin — Codename ZORA — Was The Most Active Soviet Spy But Not The Most Valuable Agent of Influence at WWII Voice of America

November 9, 2022

USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien Following reports that due to multiple security violations the Office of Personnel…

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RFE/RL Suspends Operations In Russia Following Kremlin Attacks

March 7, 2022

RFE/RL PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has suspended its operations in Russia after local tax authorities…

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RFE/RL President Says ‘We will not be silenced’ in Russia

May 14, 2021

USAGM Watch Commentary By Ted Lipien Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks that he can silence Radio Liberty in…

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Mark Pomar Sees Opportunity for Radio Liberty to Stand Up to Putin After Being Kicked Out from Russia, Peter Gross Noted

May 6, 2021

USAGM Watch Commentary Peter Gross, Ph.D., professor emeritus and former Director of the University of Tennessee’s School of…

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BBC Russian: Radio Liberty and Current Time Invited Some Employees to Leave Russia

April 15, 2021

USAGM Watch Commentary BBC Russian Service reported online that the leadership of Radio Liberty and the Current Time…

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Boris Nemtsov Defended Radio Liberty Journalists

March 1, 2020

BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary We can report with some satisfaction that Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty…

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Memorial service in Prague for former Radio Liberty senior Russian commentator Lev Roitman

January 20, 2020

BBG – USAGM Watch A memorial service for journalist, publisher and lawyer Lev Roitman, a former Radio Free…

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Voice of America disinformation on Khadija Ismayilova for Press Freedom Day

May 6, 2019

BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) in the federal U.S. Agency for Global…

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Managers behind RFE/RL Tajik crisis leave with generous praise from leaders who stay

April 25, 2019

BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary “A Western voice has tilted toward post-Soviet authoritarian leader in Central Asia, say…

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Paul Goble on the need to reform and save RFE/RL to counter Russian censorship and propaganda

April 7, 2019

BBG – USAGM Watch Commentary America’s top expert on Kremlin propaganda Paul Goble has commented on the controversy over Radio…

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HISTORY The Year 1968 in the History of Samizdat

December 18, 2018

Reposted Commentary Cold War Radio Museum The Year 1968 in the History of Samizdat The recent death…

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Lyudmila Alekseyeva defended Radio Liberty Russian journalists fired by RFE/RL bosses

December 9, 2018

BBG Watch Commentary Lyudmila Alekseyeva (alternative spelling: Alexeyeva, Alexeeva), a veteran defender of human rights and a prominent…

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TV Rain puts BBG media to shame in corrective Babchenko coverage

May 30, 2018

BBG Watch Commentary Coming back from the dead does not happen often. When Russian opposition journalist Arkady Babchenko…

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Is Voice of America again afraid of Katyn?

May 16, 2018

Guest Commentary By Ted Lipien I noticed through an online search of their news websites that neither the…

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Putin Won By Bringing ‘Strength’ to Russia, RFE/RL Head Tom Kent tells BBG

March 18, 2018

BBG Watch Commentary It would have been inconceivable for the head of U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe and…

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HISTORY Voice of America 1951 – ‘Drab’ and ‘Unconvincing,’ Rep. Wigglesworth Quotes VOA Listeners in Poland

February 27, 2018

BBG Watch Commentary As part of our HISTORY series, we repost today an article from the Cold War…

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Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown 5.0 Part Two

February 20, 2018

OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Total Meltdown 5.0 Part Two US Government International Media Know Your Audience? By…

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Total Meltdown 5.0 for BBG in Russia with RFE/RL and VOA Current Time

February 11, 2018

OPINION RFE/RL, VOA – Total Meltdown 5.0 for BBG in Russia US Government International Media In Need…

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Renowned newswoman Khadija Ismayilova blasts RFE/RL bosses after quitting

January 25, 2018

BBG Watch Commentary After quitting in frustration her freelancer position with U.S. tax-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio…

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Biden ignores RFE/RL, VOA, BBG in Foreign Affairs article on Russian propaganda

December 9, 2017

OPINION An important article in Foreign Affairs on Russia’s propaganda and disinformation against the West, “How to Stand…

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Former VOA Russian Chief Natalia Clarkson on Revolutions

November 12, 2017

OPINION The following article about former Voice of America (VOA) Russian Service Chief Natalia Clarkson was posted by…

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RFE/RL promotes nostalgia for communism with U.S. tax dollars

November 8, 2017

BBG Watch Commentary In the last few days U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) was…

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Voice of America like DNC was strongly for Hillary Clinton against Bernie Sanders

November 5, 2017

BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) was for Hillary Clinton in 2016, as was the Democratic…

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The Obama ‘Reset’ with Russia

November 1, 2017

OPINION Cold War Radio Museum How Voice of America Censored Solzhenitsyn The Obama “Reset” with Russia By…

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Radio Liberty Fails on Russian Interference

October 31, 2017

OPINION Cold War Radio Museum October 31, 2017 How Voice of America Censored Solzhenitsyn Radio Liberty Fails…

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How Voice of America Censored Solzhenitsyn

October 30, 2017

OPINION Cold War Radio Museum How Voice of America Censored Solzhenitsyn Russian Propaganda and U.S. Politics Today By…

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Voice of America still clowning around

September 27, 2017

BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded ($220 million FY 2017) Voice of America, run by its dysfunctional federal parent…

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Blind Spots of Broadcasting Board of Governors Leaders

September 17, 2017

OPINION Blind Spots Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost By The Federalist The Russians.…

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Devastating criticism of Radio Farda, VOA, and BBG from former official

June 23, 2017

BBG Watch Media Former director of Radio Liberty during the fall of communism in the Soviet block and…

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BBG media digital failure on St. Petersburg blast

April 3, 2017

BBG Watch Commentary After posting late its breaking news on the St. Petersburg blast, Radio Free Europe /…

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Voice of America, RFE/RL ignore White House statement on genocide in Ukraine

November 14, 2016

BBG Watch Commentary Hillary Clinton when she was U.S. Secretary of State called the Broadcasting Board of Governors…

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Are Voice of America and Radio Liberty obeying Russian court ruling on Nazi-Soviet anniversaries?

September 23, 2016

Guest Commentary Putin’s Judicial Intimidation Against Voice of America and Radio Liberty Seems To Be Working By Ted…

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Enjoy ‘Pravda-style’ reports from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) at US taxpayers’ expense

September 14, 2016

BBG Watch Commentary If you think that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), run by current and former…

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Voice of America used Putin’s narrative in a Russian report, ignored Biden on WWII history

September 6, 2016

BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America Russian Service has posted a report and video on the 77th…

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Broadcasting Board of Governors Needs More Statesmanship, Not Salesmanship

August 31, 2016

OPINION This is a guest commentary. Other opinions are welcome. Broadcasting Board of Governors Needs More Statesmanship, Not…

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David Satter on reforming U.S. media outreach to Russia

August 17, 2016

BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE In an exclusive interview with BBG Watch, U.S. journalist, author and Russia expert David Satter…

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David Satter on U.S. international media reform

August 17, 2016

BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE In an exclusive interview with BBG Watch, U.S. journalist, author and Russia expert David Satter…

Chairman Jeff Shell presides over the Dec. 18 meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.

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Flawed law permits Broadcasting Board of Governors members to do private business in Russia and China

August 6, 2016

BBG Watch Commentary With increasing demands for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to come clean about accusations against…

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CEPA: Winning the information war with Russia – BBG not even an afterthought

August 3, 2016

BBG Watch Commentary The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), a transatlantic think tank based in Washington and…

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The BBG Saga: Leaving On A Jet Plane

July 18, 2016

OPINION Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost The BBG Saga: Leaving On A Jet Plane …

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Clueless U.S. agency invites Putin’s officials to RFE/RL party, they boot their chairman out of Russia instead

July 17, 2016

BBG Watch Commentary How clueless and mismanaged can the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) be? According to an…

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Reform Needed: BBG Members Must Be Prohibited From Doing Private Business in Russia or China

July 15, 2016

BBG Watch Commentary Congressional Reform Needed: BBG Members Must Be Prohibited From Doing Private Business in Russia or…

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“Слабость Запада” : Why Americans Fall for Kremlin Propaganda

July 14, 2016

BBG Watch Guest Commentary Because of some of their unique national traits, quite a few Americans, including younger…

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BBG Chair Jeff Shell’s expulsion from Russia points to US bureaucratic failure

July 14, 2016

BBG Watch Commentary While all the facts are not yet in, one thing is certain: bureaucrats of the…

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EXCLUSIVE Congressional sources call for abolishing the BBG after its bureaucracy bungled BBG Chair’s trip to Moscow

July 13, 2016

BBG Watch Commentary EXCLUSIVE Senior congressional staffers told BBG Watch that the expulsion of Broadcasting Board of Governors…

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BBG in Moscow: Russia needs a new and reformed Radio Liberty, a journalist says

July 13, 2016

OPINION Introduction by BBG Watch According to unconfirmed reports, Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) chairman Jeff Shell, BBG…

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RFE/RL moves from goats playing ball to serious journalism under new president

July 12, 2016

BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) employees are telling BBG Watch of improvements in…

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PAUL GOBLE US Sending the Wrong Signals to Peoples of Russia by Not Sending Them at All

June 7, 2016

BBG Watch America’s top expert on Kremlin propaganda Paul Goble said that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…

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Even when ‘Federal websites can spill over into propaganda’ – BBG is ignored

June 5, 2016

BBG Watch Media “Websites operate in broadcast fashion: We publish, you read. We’ll allow feedback at our discretion.…

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Masters of bad timing: BBG to eliminate Radio Liberty’s shortwave broadcasts in Russian

June 2, 2016

OPINION Masters of bad timing By Ted Lipien The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…