RFE/RL management's strained relations with Czech employeesDecember 13, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that a number of Czech employees of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty…
Radio Liberty disappears from most cited radios list in RussiaDecember 13, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Just two months after Masha Gessen took over as the new director of Radio Liberty’s…
IBB executives travel abroad, pay no attention as RFE/RL crisis deepens and audiences declineDecember 12, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Russian human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeeva and former President Mikhail Gorbachev apparently care more about…
Sex and drugs trump human rights on new Russian home page of Radio LibertyDecember 11, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary On the International Human Rights Day, December 10, Masha Gessen’s Radio Liberty, also known in…
Read More 8 minute read Fired Radio Liberty reporter Kristina Gorelik receives Moscow Helsinki Group Journalism PrizeDecember 10, 2012 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 EnquirerDecember 8, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Sexually suggestive videos and racy photos — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is changing its…
Never use a gadget that's smarter than you – RFE/RL President Korn embarrassed by his emailDecember 6, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) staffers are having a big laugh over their president and…
Open Letter to RFE/RL President Korn Urging Fair Treatment of Employees with DisabilitiesDecember 5, 2012 Fired Radio Liberty journalists, some who are currently working at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, as well as those…
Read More 7 minute read Radio Liberty offers young Kazakh Muslims American-style videos with sexual content, causes outrageDecember 3, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary “I don’t understand why RFE/RL produced these obscene videos using American taxpayers’ money.” — Kazakh…
Former RFE/RL News Director Terry Willey comments on dismissal of Radio Liberty journalistsDecember 3, 2012 Terry Willey was Director of the News and Current Affairs Division at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). In…
Dr. Igor Sutyagin, former political prisoner in Putin's Russia, explains why serious news seekers stopped using Radio Liberty Russian websiteDecember 2, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary After the American management of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) headed by President and CEO…
Read More 2 minute read OIG investigation of RFE/RL President and CEO urgedNovember 29, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary A former Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) broadcaster and senior commentator Lev Roitman has requested…
Breaking News – Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty Board plans to hear directly from fired Radio Liberty journalistsNovember 28, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Board of Directors…
Radio Free Asia Tibetan Service covers extensively protests in Tibet and China despite recent dismissal of its directorNovember 28, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary The Radio Free Asia (RFA) Tibetan Service leads all international broadcasters in quick, extensive and…
From Radio Liberty to "Radio Gessen" – Milestones of the Road MapNovember 26, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary From Radio Liberty to “Radio Gessen” – Milestones of the Road Map An insider’s report…
Former editor Lyudmila Telen pained by catastrophic audience drop for Radio Liberty's Russian websiteNovember 24, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Ludmila Telen (Телень, Людмила Олеговна – Russian Wikipedia), an award-winning Russian journalist who was fired…
Russian and international media continue to report on Radio Liberty crisisNovember 22, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary After Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) fired more than 30 Radio Liberty journalists in Moscow,…
Russian human rights leaders issue a second letter denouncing RFE/RL president Korn, ask Secretary Clinton and Congress to interveneNovember 21, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary In a second letter sent in the last two months to the U.S. Senate Committee…
Russian media report on launching of Radio Liberty in Exile news website SvobodaNew.comNovember 20, 2012 Interfax, the biggest non-governmental Russian news agency, reported the launching of SvobodaNew.com, the news and information website set…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Insubordination and RebellionNovember 20, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Insubordination and Rebellion by The Federalist “There is something…
RFE/RL management blocks employee access to Radio Liberty in Exile website SvobodaNew.comNovember 19, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and the management of BBG-supervised Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty…
Read More 6 minute read Russia expert David Satter offers scathing criticism of RFE/RL president Steven KornNovember 19, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary In a wide-ranging interview recored at the Ekho Moskvy radio station, Russia scholar, journalist and…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Slip Sliding AwayNovember 18, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Slip Sliding Away by The Federalist We now see…
RFE/RL president Korn refuses to provide information to BBG committee on Masha Gessen and his trip to MoscowNovember 16, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that in an unprecedented act of defiance, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty…
Victor Ashe increases pressure on RFE/RL president Korn to resign, BBG worldwide audience declinesNovember 15, 2012 At the Broadcasting Board of Governors Strategy & Budget Committee open meeting held today (November 15, 2012) at…
New Radio Liberty ignores Gorbachev's new book, misses Obama-Putin call and other news storiesNovember 15, 2012 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 websiteNovember 14, 2012 As of Wednesday morning Moscow time, the new Radio Liberty website has posted no news on its home…
UK-based Russia expert Masha Karp analyzes Radio Liberty's demiseNovember 13, 2012 Masha Karp is a trustee of Rights in Russia and a London-based freelance journalist with a special interest in relations between Russia…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: A Thousand Words in a PictureNovember 13, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: A Thousand Words in a Picture by The Federalist (We are…
Victor Ashe criticizes Broadcasting Board of Governors for inaction in addressing management crisesNovember 12, 2012 Ambassador Victor Ashe, a member of the bipartisan board of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a federal…
Mikhail Sokolov – fired Radio Liberty journalist disliked by Putin and RFE/RL president KornNovember 12, 2012 In his remarks to his senior staffers, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) president Steven Korn made dismissive comments…
Radio Liberty in Exile Russian journalists appeal in a video to U.S. Congress for helpNovember 12, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Radio Liberty in Exile responds to RFE/RL President Steven Korn’s dismissive comments about Russian opposition…
Research from Putin's pollster in Chechnya used to silence Radio Liberty, former RL journalist reportsNovember 11, 2012 A former Radio Liberty investigative reporter Anastasia Kirilenko wrote in her blog that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)…
Read More 8 minute read Radio Liberty in Exile posts RFE/RL president Steven Korn's dismissive comments about Russian opposition leadersNovember 11, 2012 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 officialsNovember 9, 2012 The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 U.S.A. …
Radio Liberty making waves: have no lessons from the past been learnt?November 8, 2012 This article by fired Radio Liberty human rights reporter Kristina Gorelik is reposted with permission from the openDemocracy…
BBG Governors refuse to work, may cancel November meeting, leave incompetent executives in chargeNovember 8, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that two Broadcasting Board of Governors members, interim presiding governor Michael…
Democratic and Republican Congressmen are concerned with BBG's practice of replacing federal employees with contractorsNovember 8, 2012 Two U.S. Congressmen from North Carolina, Democrat G.K. Butterfield and Republican Walter B. Jones, have written a letter…
Lyudmila Alexeeva responds to RFE/RL President Korn – Video with English subtitlesNovember 6, 2012 Leading Russian human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeeva responds to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) president Steven Korn’s decision…
Mr. Korn's "Field of Dreams" at Radio LibertyNovember 5, 2012 A commentary from a BBG Watch contributor in Prague. After viewing the link to the meeting between Radio…
Radio Liberty-in-Exile posts YouTube video of Lyudmila Alexeeva confronting RFE/RL president Steven KornNovember 4, 2012 Almost the complete transcript of Lyudmila Alexeeva’s statement can be found in this earlier BBG Watch report: Human…
RFE/RL censors comments critical of its top managementNovember 3, 2012 This report was prepared for BBG Watch by a retired RFE/RL senior Russian Service editor. UPDATE: After the…
One of the worst-managed federal agencies, BBG, has become even worseNovember 3, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has received even lower scores in the 2012 Federal…
Read More 2 minute read Former Radio Liberty chief editor calls on RFE/RL president Korn to resign, offers a taste of British humorNovember 2, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Leonid Finkelstein is a writer and a former international broadcaster. While still a student in…
Why I Left Radio LibertyNovember 1, 2012 Why I Left Radio Liberty by Anastasia Kirilenko I am a 28-year-old Russian web editor and investigative radio…
Digital investment wasted by incompetence and strategic blundersNovember 1, 2012 Digital investment in Radio Liberty wasted by incompetence and strategic blunders A commentary by Ivan Trefilov, former Radio…
Read More 9 minute read Human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeeva stopped cooperating with Radio Liberty, accused RFE/RL president Korn of mistreating journalistsOctober 31, 2012 BBG Watch Commentary Famous Russian human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeeva (also spelled Alexeyeva), whose programs on Radio Liberty…
Read More 10 minute read Radio Liberty-in-Exile appeals to Obama and Romney for help, former Reagan campaign official adds his supportOctober 30, 2012 The Radio Liberty-in-Exile group of fired journalists and those who resigned in protest against actions of the American…
BBG Strategy and Budget Committee to discuss Radio Liberty in RussiaOctober 30, 2012 According to an officials announcement on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) website, the BBG Strategy and Budget…
Human rights activist Pavel Litvinov calls for bringing back fired Radio Liberty journalistsOctober 29, 2012 During a panel discussion in Moscow on Monday, Russian writer, human rights activist and former Soviet-era political prisoner…