Radio Liberty in Exile issues statement on meeting with RFE/RL acting president Kevin Klose
BBG Watch Commentary After much internal debate, journalists of Radio Liberty in Exile issued a statement on their…
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…
Case against informational appeasement of Putin's Russia
BBG Watch Commentary An important article by Edward Lucas published by the Washington, DC-based Center for European Policy…
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…
John O’Sullivan: Mass Firings at Radio Liberty Help Putin; Hurt Press Freedom
BBG Watch Commentary The former editorial chief of Radio Free Europe says the mass firings of top radio…
"Turmoil Over America's Radio Voice in Russia," former RFE/RL executive editor writes in Wall Street Journal
BBG Watch Commentary John O’Sullivan, former Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty executive editor (2008-11) and vice president (2011), the…
Korn Fired: Meltdown at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty by Judy Bachrach in World Affairs
BBG Watch Commentary In one of the best investigative journalism reports on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a…
BBG member counters Masha Gessen's spin on Radio Liberty in Russian media
BBG Watch Commentary It used to be the job of the director of Radio Liberty’s Russian Service to…
Video of CUSIB's Ann Noonan asking BBG to protect Radio Liberty journalists
In addressing the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open board meeting in Washington on Friday, the Committee for…
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)…
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…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Insubordination and Rebellion
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Insubordination and Rebellion by The Federalist “There is something…
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…
Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: A Thousand Words in a Picture
Broadcasting Board of Governors Information War Lost: A Thousand Words in a Picture by The Federalist (We are…
Stratfor analyzes silencing of Radio Liberty
Stratfor, a subscription-based provider of geopolitical analysis, published a article on the Kremlin’s crackdown on independent media and…
Radio Liberty making waves: have no lessons from the past been learnt?
This article by fired Radio Liberty human rights reporter Kristina Gorelik is reposted with permission from the openDemocracy…
London Times – Voice of liberty falls silent after 60 years
A today’s report by Michael Binyon in The Times of London states that the abrupt firing of dozens…
U.S. Still Needs Radio for Public Diplomacy in the Internet Age – WPR
Tom Woods, World Politics Review analyst, wrote that during the last presidential debate, which was focused on foreign…
Mr. Korn's "Field of Dreams" at Radio Liberty
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 Korn
Almost the complete transcript of Lyudmila Alexeeva’s statement can be found in this earlier BBG Watch report: Human…
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…
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…
BBG Watch website reaches 700,000 hits mark, Corti, Radio Liberty 'special operation', Ashe, Federalist are most popular recent posts
The BBG Watch website — www.bbgwatch.com or www.usgbroadcasts.com — has reached the 700,000 hits since it was launched…
U.S. media – Obama caves to Putin on Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Reports and editorials in U.S. media have begun noticing the mass firing of Radio Liberty…
Washington Times publishes op-ed by former journalism student intern at Radio Liberty
The Washington Times newspaper has published an op-ed by a young Russian university student Kirill Filimonov, in which…
Broadcasting Board of Governors ignores appeals from Russia, does not intervene to return fired Radio Liberty journalists to work
At the ongoing meeting in Washington, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has not moved to return to…
Former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov appeals to the Broadcasting Board of Governors over mass firing of Radio Liberty journalists
Mikhail Kasyanov, one of the signatories of the protest letter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) over…
Fired Radio Liberty journalists plan to file class action lawsuit
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that some of the fired Radio Liberty journalists are planning to…
Former Broadcasting Board of Governors member Blanquita Cullum blames current board and senior staff for stifling free speech in Russia
In an op-ed in The Washington Times, a former Republican BBG member, talk radio personality Blanquita Cullum, strongly…
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…
U.S. Is Digging an Early Grave for Radio Liberty in Russia says Scholar Tatiana Yankelevich, Daughter of Yelena Bonner, Stepdaughter of Andrei Sakharov
Tatiana Yankelevich, a Russian American scholar, daughter of Yelena Bonner and stepdaughter of famous Soviet dissident Andrei Sakaharov,…
Renown Russian-American scholar Vladimir Shlapentokh protests mass firing of Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch Commentary Renown Russian-American sociologist and Michigan State University professor Vladimir Shlapentokh, who launched objective social polling…
Renowned Russian-American scholar Vladimir Shlapentokh protests mass firing of Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch Commentary Renowned Russian-American sociologist and Michigan State University professor Vladimir Shlapentokh, who launched objective social polling…
'Special operation' at Radio Liberty in Moscow
BBG Watch Commentary It is being described as the Korn-Ragona special operation. Some were called at home early…
'Special operation' at Radio Liberty in Moscow, Part One
BBG Watch Commentary Also read: ‘Special operation’ at Radio Liberty Moscow, Part Two It is being described as…
Former Radio Liberty Russian Service director Mario Corti – RFE/RL management turns radio listeners and visitors to its website in Russia into anti-Americans
Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty Management Turns Radio Listeners and Visitors To Its Website in Russia Into…
Reset at Radio Liberty Russia – Never Attribute To Malice That Which Is Adequately Explained By Stupidity
BBG Watch Guest Commentary by Lev Roitman Reset at Radio Liberty Russia – Never Attribute To Malice That…
CUSIB condemns firings of journalists at Radio Liberty, welcomes Ethan Gutmann to Advisory Board
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – www.cusib.org) has condemned the recent mass firing of Radio Liberty…
How Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty top brass fired journalists in Moscow and caused a scandal
BBG Watch Commentary An online openDemocracy.net article, The End of ‘Liberty’ by a former Radio Liberty (RL) Russian…
East European journalist defends Russian broadcasters fired by Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that a Polish journalist, Zygmunt Dzieciolowski, co-editor of Russian coverage for…
Newly-selected director of Radio Liberty Russian Service Masha Gessen will be target of KGB-style pressure campaign
BBG Watch Guest Commentary As the Kremlin orders USAID to pull out of Russia, accusing the U.S. government…
Newly-selected director of Radio Liberty Russian Service Masha Gessen met with Putin, denies role in mass firing of RL staffers
BBG Watch Commentary As the Kremlin orders USAID to pull out of Russia, accusing the U.S. government agency…
Broadcasting Board of Governors not quite sure whether Putin restricts media freedom in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the U.S. federal agency in charge of international news…
Keeping Radio Liberty Russian Service director in Moscow will make the job of Putin's secret police much easier
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has a new president and new senior managers, none of whom is a…
It's easier to find Putin's email address than those of most members of Broadcasting Board of Governors
A Letter from Prague by Leon It’s easier to find Putin’s email address than those of most members…
Trouble at PNN – Voice of America to Iran – BBG blamed
BBG Watch Commentary Several recent media reports point to serious problems at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…
U.S. taxpayers funding pro-Putin VOA programs – Ted Lipien in Washington Examiner
BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, a former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director and co-founder of BBG…