CUSIB Applauds Appointment of Kevin Klose As RFE/RL President and CEOSeptember 3, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) welcomed the appointment of Kevin Klose…
Acting Head Kevin Klose Appointed RFE/RL President And CEOSeptember 3, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary As suggested by recent BBG Watch reporting, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) acting through…
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…
Award-winning Czech filmmaker to do a documentary on discrimination of RFE/RL foreign employeesMay 31, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Anna Karapetian, a journalist from Armenia fired by RFE/RL without a right to appeal. This…
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 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…
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…
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…
Waiting for Godot – BBG members hope AWOL Michael Lynton will participate in board meetingApril 24, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary The mystery continues whether the U.S. international broadcasting agency’s Interim Presiding Governor Michael Lynton will…
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…
U.S. – Russia panel on Magnitsky may cover Chechnya, includes critics of Radio Liberty firingsApril 21, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Monday’s, April 22, the Hundson Institue panel in Washington, DC on U.S. – Russia relations,…
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…
Moscow on the Potomac – bizarre attempt to ban U.S. official from Masha Gessen eventApril 16, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Dinner in Washington American journalist Judy Bachrach,…
Susan McCue elected Chair of RFE/RL Board, Victor Ashe elected Vice-ChairApril 11, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Two Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members who have been some of the strongest supporters…
Resignation of Dennis Mulhaupt from BBG was sudden, strange, unexplainedApril 10, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Sources tell BBG Watch that the resignation on Tuesday of Dennis Mulhaupt from the Broadcasting…
Dennis Mulhaupt leaves BBG, no quorum if Michael Lynton continues to be a no show at meetingsApril 10, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary A Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Dennis Mulhaupt has informed the White House that…
Read More 6 minute read Bulat Atabayev – Radio Liberty Kazakh Service stopped radio programs and became a tabloid websiteApril 6, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Prominent Kazakh theater director and former political prisoner Bulat Atabayev joined other Kazakh opposition leaders…
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…
Kazakh political prisoner is unhappy with Radio Liberty programsMarch 28, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary “By the way, it turns out that Azattyq (RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service) programs have drastically declined.…
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…
BBG executives and lawyers refuse to settle discrimination cases they know they will loseMarch 25, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary The union representing the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees, AFGE Local 1812, has been…
Former president's top deputies leaving Radio Free Europe/Radio LibertyMarch 24, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary In the last six months, dozens of Radio Liberty journalists in Russia were fired without…
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…
Growing consensus that failed Broadcasting Board of Governors executives should leaveMarch 15, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary “That is why we call yet again on Congress to exercise its overview functions to…
Read More 2 minute read Radio Liberty faces Die Hard moment, Russia's government website reportsMarch 12, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Russia Beyond the Headlines English-language news website run by a leading Russian daily Rossiyskaya Gazeta,…
Fired Radio Liberty journalist writes about his Holocaust video projectMarch 11, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary In September 2012, the former Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) management team fired some of…
Is unexplained absence of Broadcasting Board of Governors interim chair due to alleged conflict of interest?March 10, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary While the remaining members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) have been working hard…
RFE/RL's interim president expected to address Czech Helsinki Committee concerns with new personnel and policy decisionsMarch 9, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that newly-appointed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) acting president Kevin Klose…
Vitaly Portnikov at Radio Liberty 60th anniversary event in Moscow voices support for fired journalistsMarch 4, 2013 The 60th anniversary event was organized in Moscow on March 1 by Radio Liberty in Exile, a group…
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…
Read More 5 minute read Lev Roitman calls on Kevin Klose to act on restoring rights of RFE/RL employeesMarch 2, 2013 Commentary by Lev Roitman Former senior commentator at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Lev Roitman, who retired from…
Read More 9 minute read Human rights supporter of fired Radio Liberty journalists Lyudmila Alexeeva visits RFE/RLMarch 2, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary One of the strongest supporters of fired Radio Liberty journalists, Russian human rights leader Lyudmila…
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…
BBG Governor Ashe issues statement on 60th anniversary of Radio Liberty, apologizes to fired journalistsFebruary 28, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary In response to an invitation sent by Radio Liberty in Exile to members of the…
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…
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…
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 to meet Radio Liberty staffers, Russian media reportFebruary 18, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Russian media reported that acting Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) president Kevin Klose will meet…
Young Russian opposition leaders discuss statement in support of fired Radio Liberty journalistsFebruary 14, 2013 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 staffersFebruary 14, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that newly-appointed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty acting president Kevin Klose is…
BBG Presiding Governor may be absent at next board meetingFebruary 11, 2013 BBG Watch Commentary Sources told BBG Watch that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Interim Presiding Governor Michael…