Czech Republic Honors Klose, Pechacek, RFE/RL For Defending Freedom
BBG Watch Commentary “Former RFE/RL President Kevin Klose and former RFE/RL Czechoslovak Service director Pavel Pechacek were honored…
Radio Liberty Gave No Support To Investigative Reporters
BBG Watch Commentary INTRODUCTION: In Russia, journalists who run afoul of the Kremlin or the business mafia, end…
Boris Nemtsov in Solidarity with Radio Liberty Journalists in Russia VIDEO
BBG Watch – In Memoriam, Boris Nemtsov (1959 – 2015) Boris Nemtsov in Solidarity with Radio Liberty…
Voice of America ignores Obama’s statement on Berlin Wall anniversary, U.S. contributions
BBG Watch Commentary November 9 marks the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Mismanaged, U.S.…
Russian opposition paper Novaya Gazeta reports on BBG Watch article about Radio Liberty’s Andrei Babitsky
BBG Watch Commentary A Russian liberal opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta, which is supported by Mikhail Gorbachev, has published…
Victor Ashe got things headed in the right direction at BBG, Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Victor Ashe’s legacy at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) will be one of being…
Should U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors members do private business in Russia and China?
BBG Watch Commentary Most people know or suspect that major business deals for U.S. companies, especially media deals,…
Radio Liberty and other independent journalists in Russia want BBG Governor Ashe to stay
BBG Watch Commentary When former Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) executives fired them without any warning,…
Masha Gessen resigns from Radio Liberty in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary Controversial director of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Russian Service Masha Gessen has…
Resignation of Dennis Mulhaupt from BBG was sudden, strange, unexplained
BBG Watch Commentary Sources tell BBG Watch that the resignation on Tuesday of Dennis Mulhaupt from the Broadcasting…
Two vice presidents departed Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Dale Cohen, Vice President of Administration at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) since…
CUSIB Marks 6-Month Anniversary of the Unjust Firing of Radio Liberty Journalists
Lyudmila Alexeeva, Photo for Radio Liberty in Exile by Yuri Timofeev. March 21, 2013 For…
Lyudmila Alexeeva: Saving Radio Liberty in Russia Should Have Been Done The Day Before Yesterday
BBG Watch Commentary Supporters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), including a preeminent Russian human rights leader Lyudmila…
"Die Hard" – Radio Liberty at 60
Novaya Gazeta, an independent Russian newspaper set up by former President Mikhail Gorbachev with the money from his…
60 RL: The Radio Station Known as Radio Liberty
BBG Watch is posting under its “60 RL” series historical and current news to commemorate the 60…
60 RL: Radio Liberty in Exile posts first Radio Liberty interview with Gorbachev to mark station's 60th anniversary
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 Moscow
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that Radio Liberty in Exile, a group of fired Radio Liberty…
Kevin Klose meets with Russian human rights leaders and fired Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch Commentary During a highly emotional meeting in Moscow on Tuesday that lasted nearly five hours, newly-appointed…
Young Russian opposition leaders discuss statement in support of fired Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch has learned that a group of younger Russian opposition leaders is working on a statement in…
RFE/RL president Kevin Klose to meet in Moscow with human rights leaders and fired Radio Liberty staffers
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that newly-appointed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty acting president Kevin Klose is…
Single CEO for U.S. International Broadcasting expected in Obama's FY2014 budget proposal
BBG Watch Commentary Sources told BBG Watch that President Obama’s FY2014 budget proposal is likely to call for…
Public Diplomacy and Online Platforms: Radio Liberty’s Case, analysis by American Security Project blogger
BBG Watch Commentary Lívia Pontes Fialho, a policy researcher intern at the American Security Project, analyzes in the…
Huffington Post reports on Radio Liberty, quotes Klose, Gedmin, O'Sullivan, and BBG Watch
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/RL
BBG Watch Commentary “Fact-based, quality, reliable, independent, verifiable journalism — that’s what we’re about,” recently appointed Radio Free…
Images and videos that changed Broadcasting Board of Governors' position on RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary “On the day Kevin Klose assumes his duties as Acting President and CEO or Radio…
Steven Korn condemns media critics of his soon-to-end tenure as RFE/RL president
BBG Watch Commentary The outgoing Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) president and CEO Steven Korn, whose resignation becomes…
Unprofessional OIG reports on BBG and RFE/RL part of a larger pattern
BBG Watch Commentary The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the State Department, which produced two incomplete…
Fired Radio Liberty reporter Kristina Gorelik receives Moscow Helsinki Group Journalism Prize
BBG Watch Commentary Kristina Gorelik (Кристина Горелик), fired last September by American taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)…
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is starting to look more like Playboy and National Enquirer
BBG Watch Commentary Sexually suggestive videos and racy photos — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is changing its…
Former RFE/RL News Director Terry Willey comments on dismissal of Radio Liberty journalists
Terry Willey was Director of the News and Current Affairs Division at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). In…
New Radio Liberty ignores Gorbachev's new book, misses Obama-Putin call and other news stories
BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Post had a AP story about the release of former president Mikhail Gorbachev’s…
Obama-Putin phone call ignored by new Radio Liberty website
As of Wednesday morning Moscow time, the new Radio Liberty website has posted no news on its home…
Radio Liberty in Exile Russian journalists appeal in a video to U.S. Congress for help
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Liberty in Exile responds to RFE/RL President Steven Korn’s dismissive comments about Russian opposition…
Radio Liberty in Exile posts RFE/RL president Steven Korn's dismissive comments about Russian opposition leaders
BBG Watch Commentary Enterprising Radio Liberty in Exile journalists have obtained an audio file of Radio Free Europe/Radio…
Former Radio Liberty broadcaster calls on Secretary Clinton to confront damage to U.S. public diplomacy caused by BBG and RFE/RL officials
The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 U.S.A. …
Radio Liberty-in-Exile posts YouTube video of Lyudmila Alexeeva confronting RFE/RL president Steven Korn
Almost the complete transcript of Lyudmila Alexeeva’s statement can be found in this earlier BBG Watch report: Human…
Why I Left Radio Liberty
Why I Left Radio Liberty by Anastasia Kirilenko I am a 28-year-old Russian web editor and investigative radio…
Human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeeva stopped cooperating with Radio Liberty, accused RFE/RL president Korn of mistreating journalists
BBG Watch Commentary Famous Russian human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeeva (also spelled Alexeyeva), whose programs on Radio Liberty…
Radio Liberty-in-Exile protest in Moscow planned for Monday
BBG Watch – www.bbgwatch.com Commentary Radio Liberty-in-Exile group of fired Radio Liberty journalists is planning a protest in…
Fired Radio Liberty journalists invite RFE/RL president Korn to meet with them in Moscow, plan protest events
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Liberty-in-Exile group (Radio Svoboda-in-Exile) is planning a number of events and protests to coincide…
Radio Liberty in Exile getting ready for a big fight with RFE/RL executives Korn and Ragona
BBG Watch Commentary Dozens of former Radio Liberty journalists fired by American managers who used guards and other…
Corti and Lipien in National Review – Radio Liberty silenced by Washington
BBG Watch Commentary In an article published in National Review Online, Mario Corti and Ted Lipien argue that…
BBG Governor Victor Ashe sees a meltdown at Radio Liberty in Moscow
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Ambassador Victor Ashe has issued a statement today to…
Another young journalist resigns in protest from 'new' Radio Liberty, calls it a sinking Titanic
BBG Watch Commentary Anastasia Kirilenko, 28-year-old web editor, investigative reporter and radio broadcaster, has resigned in protest from…
New Moscow Times article quotes Mario Corti's BBG Watch comments on Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty President Steven Korn assured members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors…
New Radio Liberty head in Russia in charge of digital transition lost website visitors at previous employer, report shows
BBG Watch Commentary President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Steven Korn tells anyone who would listen that Russian…
RFE/RL President Korn in Moscow Times – a desperate plea of American manager disconnected from reality
BBG Watch Commentary In a desperate effort to salvage his reputation and that of his choice for the…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Just How Bad It Is, And How Much Worse It Will Be, Part One
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Just How Bad It Is, And How Much Worse It Will Be, Part…
Amid crisis over Radio Liberty firings, BBG changes time of open meeting at the last moment
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) announced a sudden change of the time of its…
CUSIB Joins the Rally Cry for Radio Liberty Supporters
Reposted from CUSIB website. October 10, 2012 For Immediate Release CUSIB Joins the Rally Cry for Radio Liberty…