Read More 5 minute read Putin Won By Bringing ‘Strength’ to Russia, RFE/RL Head Tom Kent tells BBGMarch 18, 2018 BBG Watch Commentary It would have been inconceivable for the head of U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe and…
Read More 8 minute read Radio Liberty Gave No Support To Investigative ReportersJanuary 25, 2016 BBG Watch Commentary INTRODUCTION: In Russia, journalists who run afoul of the Kremlin or the business mafia, end…
RFE/RL recruiting for Moscow-based Chief EditorSeptember 3, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Russian Service – Radio Svoboda (www.svoboda.org) is currently…
Radio Jittery – RFE/RL’s Kevin Klose interviewed by Zygmunt DzieciolowskiJune 25, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary A UK-based media freedom organization openDemocracy published an interview with Radio Free Europe / Radio…
Radio Jittery – RFE/RL's Kevin Klose interviewed by Zygmunt DzieciolowskiJune 25, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary A UK-based media freedom organization openDemocracy published an interview with Radio Free Europe / Radio…
RFE/RL acting president Kevin Klose discusses reforms at Radio Liberty in RussiaMay 16, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary At the broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open meeting in Washington, DC on May 15,…
Read More 4 minute read Human rights activists call for reform of Radio Liberty programs to KazakhstanMay 7, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary While the attention of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and Radio Free Europe /…
Read More 6 minute read BBG Governors McCue and Meehan met in Moscow with Alexeeva and with fired Radio Liberty staffersMay 6, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members Susan McCue and Michael Meehan were in Moscow from…
Read More 3 minute read Winds of change at Radio Liberty MoscowMay 3, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Visiting Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) acting president and CEO Kevin Klose met…
Two Broadcasting Board of Governors members will visit Russia, check on Radio LibertyMay 1, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Two board members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Susan McCue and Michael Meehan,…
Masha Gessen resigns from Radio Liberty in RussiaApril 30, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Controversial director of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Russian Service Masha Gessen has…
Read More 2 minute read Radio Liberty in Exile fills gap in human rights coverage in RussiaApril 29, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Fired Radio Liberty journalists are providing multimedia human rights news coverage in Russia that the…
Michael Lynton misses another Broadcasting Board of Governors meeting, makes agency ungovernableApril 25, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Sources at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) report that BBG’s Interim Presiding Governor Michael…
Best expert analysis of Chechnya, Boston, jihadism connection comes from Radio Liberty in ExileApril 22, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Fired Radio Liberty Russian journalists delivered some of the best in depth analysis of the…
Read More 5 minute read Radio Liberty in Exile covers Navalny trial with videos, photos, interviews and news reportsApril 18, 2013 In February 2012, the U.S. taxpayer funded Voice of America (VOA) Russian Service broadcast what turned out to…
Liberty Media Corporation should also honor fired Radio Liberty Russian journalistsApril 8, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Liberty Media Corporation, a for-profit group of American media industry investors, is giving its $50,000…
Two vice presidents departed Radio Free Europe / Radio LibertyApril 4, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Dale Cohen, Vice President of Administration at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) since…
Radio Liberty in Exile offers online election coverage in RussiaMarch 31, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Radio Liberty in Exile journalists — those who were fired last September by Radio Free…
Unilateral Disarmament: How the West Has Destroyed its Broadcasting to RussiaMarch 27, 2013 A significant and well-researched analysis of Western broadcasting in Russia, written by British-Russian journalist, translator, writer and former…
Under Gessen, Radio Liberty ceased to be frequently cited news source in RussiaMarch 25, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Warning from fired Radio Liberty journalists, media experts, sociologists opposition politicians and human rights activists…
As Russian authorities raid human rights NGOs, RFE/RL websites were out of commission, offered minimal coverageMarch 23, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Big changes may soon be announced at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), but for now…
Lyudmila Alexeeva: Saving Radio Liberty in Russia Should Have Been Done The Day Before YesterdayMarch 21, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Supporters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), including a preeminent Russian human rights leader Lyudmila…
Masha Gessen gets award for journalism while dozens of fired Radio Liberty journalists are still unable to work at the stationMarch 16, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Masha Gessen, the controversial director of the Russian Service at the U.S. taxpayer-funded media freedom…
60 Years of Radio Liberty (Svoboda): Coverage as Exercise in PropagandaMarch 4, 2013 Commentary by Leon 60 Years of Radio Liberty (Svoboda): Coverage as Exercise in Propaganda By Leon…
What would George Orwell say about journalism at Radio Liberty?March 4, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.”…
Read More 8 minute read Radio Liberty is joined by Lyudmila Alexeeva to celebrate 60 years of defending free speechMarch 2, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has posted videos of the Radio Liberty 60th anniversary event…
Message from IBB Deputy Director Trimble to Radio Liberty in Exile read at 60th anniversary in MoscowMarch 2, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary At a gathering in Moscow of Russian journalists, intellectuals, artists, human rights leaders and politicians…
Fired Radio Liberty journalist Mikhail Sokolov has no doubts station will return to its former, now abandoned missionFebruary 28, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Fired Radio Liberty political journalist Mikhail Sokolov believes that the station will return to its…
Supporters of fired Radio Liberty journalists, Alexeeva and Satter, to speak at anniversary event in DCFebruary 27, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) new acting president Kevin Klose has invited Lyudmila Alexeeva and…
Read More 5 minute read RFE/RL president invites famous supporter of fired Radio Liberty journalists to anniversary eventFebruary 27, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Lyudmila Alexeeva’s participation in Radio Liberty anniversary events in Washington and in Moscow may lead…
Video of CUSIB's Ann Noonan at BBG meeting defending fired Radio Liberty journalistsFebruary 26, 2013 The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has released a video of CUSIB Executive Director Ann…
RL 60: RFE/RL has not announced plans for Radio Liberty's 60th anniversaryFebruary 25, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary In contrast with the 60th anniversary of Radio Free Europe, for which Radio Free Europe/Radio…
60 RL: Radio Liberty in Exile posts first Radio Liberty interview with Gorbachev to mark station's 60th anniversaryFebruary 24, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Even though they are not the official Radio Liberty, Radio Liberty in Exile was the…
60 RL: Radio Liberty in Exile to mark Radio Liberty's 60th anniversary at a major event in MoscowFebruary 22, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that Radio Liberty in Exile, a group of fired Radio Liberty…
CUSIB's Executive Director Ann Noonan to speak at BBG meetingFebruary 22, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the Committee for U.S. International…
Radio Liberty in Exile issues statement on meeting with RFE/RL acting president Kevin KloseFebruary 22, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary After much internal debate, journalists of Radio Liberty in Exile issued a statement on their…
Kevin Klose meets with Russian human rights leaders and fired Radio Liberty journalistsFebruary 20, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary During a highly emotional meeting in Moscow on Tuesday that lasted nearly five hours, newly-appointed…
RFE/RL president Kevin Klose to meet in Moscow with human rights leaders and fired Radio Liberty staffersFebruary 14, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that newly-appointed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty acting president Kevin Klose is…
Public Diplomacy and Online Platforms: Radio Liberty’s Case, analysis by American Security Project bloggerFebruary 10, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Lívia Pontes Fialho, a policy researcher intern at the American Security Project, analyzes in the…
Read More 4 minute read Lyudmila Alexeeva, staunch ally of fired Radio Liberty journalists, nominated for Nobel Peace PrizeFebruary 6, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary As reported by Dr. Paul Goble on his scholarly Window on Eurasia blog focusing on…
Read More 3 minute read Huffington Post reports on Radio Liberty, quotes Klose, Gedmin, O'Sullivan, and BBG WatchFebruary 6, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary The Huffington Post, ranked #1 on the 15 Most Popular Political Sites list in the…
Kevin Klose offers vision of journalism that empowers, remains silent on plans to reform RFE/RLFebruary 5, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary “Fact-based, quality, reliable, independent, verifiable journalism — that’s what we’re about,” recently appointed Radio Free…
Russian human rights leader Lyudmila Alexeeva wants two RFE/RL managers to resign, asks for return of fired Radio Liberty journalistsFebruary 4, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary In a letter to the newly-appointed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) acting president Kevin Klose,…
Success Stories of Fired Radio Liberty JournalistsFebruary 4, 2013 SUCCESS STORIES OF FIRED RADIO LIBERTY JOURNALISTS by Mario Corti [aside] November 14, 2012. News agencies and other…
Latest Russian media reports on Radio Liberty crisis focus on Holocaust video storyFebruary 2, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Russian media continues to report on the ongoing crisis at Radio Liberty. Latest reports focus…
Gessen website ignores story of Holocaust videoFebruary 2, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary The Russian Service website of Radio Liberty has ignored the widely reported story of a…
RFE/RL coverage of Holocaust video project raises questionsFebruary 1, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) coverage of the Holocaust video project by award-winning filmmaker Mumin…
Case against informational appeasement of Putin's RussiaJanuary 29, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary An important article by Edward Lucas published by the Washington, DC-based Center for European Policy…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: The Secretary Weighs In – AgainJanuary 27, 2013 (For more discussion on Secretary Clinton’s comments and the future of BBG see: “Fox, Marks, Perron, and…
Images and videos that changed Broadcasting Board of Governors' position on RFE/RLJanuary 26, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary “On the day Kevin Klose assumes his duties as Acting President and CEO or Radio…