RFE/RL Moscow bureau – 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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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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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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USAGM Holdover CEO Was Warned in 2017 About Anti-Semitism in His Agency’s Programs

October 31, 2018

BBG Watch Commentary United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Obama Administration holdover CEO John F. Lansing took…

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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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Washingtonian: No worries for Putin from BBG’s “Current Time” RFE/RL and VOA TV channel

November 3, 2017

BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is seen by Russia experts as a failure in…

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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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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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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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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),…

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Discarding imperial hubris could help some VOA and RFE/RL journalists

May 1, 2016

BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has noticed tendency among some Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe…

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Puzzling press release from RFE/RL about its Moscow bureau

March 20, 2016

BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a U.S. taxpayer-funded international media outlet based in…

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BBC investigates corruption by Putin, where were Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Voice of America?

January 27, 2016

BBG Watch Commentary Rather than interviewing U.S. officials about corruption charges leveled against Vladimir Putin, Voice of America…

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Official RFE/RL announcement of Russian Service leadership change

January 25, 2016

BBG Watch Commentary As BBG Watch reported in “Change in Radio Liberty Russian Service director post EXCLUSIVE,” Radio…

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Radio Liberty Gave No Support To Investigative Reporters

January 25, 2016

BBG Watch Commentary INTRODUCTION: In Russia, journalists who run afoul of the Kremlin or the business mafia, end…

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Life in Post-Soviet Russia of Former Radio Liberty Reporter

January 25, 2016

BBG Watch Commentary INTRODUCTION: A young and successful Russian investigative reporter Anastasia Kirilenko is one of many who…

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No Particular Radio Liberty Support For Interview With Putin’s Accuser

January 25, 2016

BBG Watch Commentary INTRODUCTION: A young and successful Russian investigative reporter Anastasia Kirilenko is one of many who…

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A Putin Corruption Reporter Too Radical For Radio Liberty

January 25, 2016

BBG Watch Commentary INTRODUCTION: In Russia, journalists and opposition leaders who run afoul of the Kremlin or the…

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Russian investigative reporter mocks RFE/RL’s Radio Liberty management for censoring out her name

January 15, 2016

BBG Watch Commentary Anastasia Kirilenko, one of the most enterprising and fearless young Russian investigative reporters, has mocked…

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Former RFE/RL President Kevin Klose Testimony on Options for Reforming U.S. Overseas Broadcasting

November 17, 2015

BBG Watch The following text is the written testimony of Kevin Klose, former Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty President,…

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Radio Liberty broadcaster describes his firing by Russian Service management

November 17, 2015

BBG Watch Commentary A Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) broadcaster in Russia, Vladimir Abarbanel, described in…

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Snubbed by Radio Liberty management, Paris-based journalist interviewed by Russian independent Rain TV (Dozhd)

November 16, 2015

BBG Watch Commentary After the terror attacks in Paris, a Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Russian…

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Radio Liberty bans Paris terror report from its former Russian correspondent

November 15, 2015

BBG Watch Commentary A former Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) staffer and investigative reporter Anastasia Kirilenko…

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Voice of America ignores White House statement on Holodomor genocide in 1930s Ukraine, as does RFE/RL

November 8, 2015

BBG Watch Commentary Someone worked at the White House this Saturday, November 7, but not at the U.S.…

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Called ‘traitors’ and ‘Jews’ by Putin supporters, Radio Liberty journalists complain of mistreatment by U.S.-hired management

November 6, 2015

BBG Watch Commentary WARNING: This post contains a letter by an anonymous Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty…

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Russian court rules against award-winning human rights reporter in employment dispute with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

October 15, 2015

BBG Watch Commentary Sources in Moscow told BBG Watch that a Russian judge took only about five minutes…

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Russian human rights leader defends dismissed Radio Liberty human rights reporter

October 13, 2015

BBG Watch BBG Watch has learned that longtime Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Russian Service human…

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Kudos to RFE/RL

July 31, 2015

BBG Watch Media A Digital Journal op-ed notes that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is showing courage and practices…

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Briefing Memo 3 for New BBG CEO – What Do IBB Executives Do? They Travel

July 27, 2015

BBG WATCH EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has received from a source within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) a…

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Op-Ed: Disappearance of Putin is most likely a propaganda ploy

March 14, 2015

BBG Media Russian President Vladimir Putin may have staged his own disappearance to score propaganda points against gullible…

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BBG FY 2013 – FY 2015 Budgets and Positions

February 24, 2015

BBG Watch NOTE: The International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) budget was split between IBB and the Office of Technology,…

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VOA expecting riots in Russia? Or maybe Novorossiya? Taxpayers pay for anti-riot car and much more

September 5, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Post “In the Loop” columnist Al Kamen is perhaps making fun of the…

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BBG hears from the White House, CUSIB

August 14, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary In remarks to the Board of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Assistant to the…

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Government Executive publishes new details about 2012 firing of Radio Liberty journalists in Russia

June 13, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive reporter Charles S. Clark, who often writes about the Broadcasting Board of Governors…

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Radio Liberty Russian Service Director warns of new Russian law restricting online and other media

April 13, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary At a recent Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) panel, no one in Washington picked up…

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BBG Chairman Jeff Shell on threats to journalists

April 11, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary At the April 11 meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors in Washington, DC, BBG…

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Ukraine bill calls for increased RFE/RL and VOA broadcasts

March 24, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary According to Washington Examiner and The Hill articles, bipartisan legislation to aid Ukraine and levy…

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Biden threatened Yanukovych with sanctions in a call on Thursday, BBC, DW, RFE/RL reported – no report or updating of Ukraine news by Voice of America Thursday evening and Friday morning

February 21, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary 4:00 AM EST UPDATE: VOA English audio newscast accessed online at 4:00 AM EST Friday…

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A Living Memorial In Honor of Former BBG Governor, Victor Ashe

February 18, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary “The American Linden tree planted through the efforts of AFGE Local 1812 will be a…

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Return To The Russian Front

February 14, 2014

International Broadcasting Bureau – Dysfunctional and Defunct (The Agency’s Branding Label): Return To The Russian Front by The Federalist “I…

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U.S. Media Condemn Attacks On Euromaidan Journalists – BBG Press Release

January 15, 2014

BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch is re-posting a BBG press release, U.S. Media Condemn Attacks On Euromaidan Journalists.…

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VOA Russian Service reports on White House – NSC statement on terror attacks in Russia – VOA English does not

December 30, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary UPDATE 3:00PM ET, Dec. 30: A brief reference to the NSC – White House statement…

As of 8PM ET, Dec. 29, Voice of America (VOA) is still reports information which Al Jazeera, BBC, DW, and RT (Russia Today) had described as disputed hours ago.

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Voice of America English News not updating disputed information on terror attack in Russia

December 30, 2013

UPDATE 10PM ET It turns out that VOA English News posted a report at about 5PM ET somewhere…

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Memo To The Board #3 – The Ice Age – from The Federalist

December 27, 2013

International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – Memo To The Board #3: The…