Sunday 12 February 2012
Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Even hardened KGB operatives were unnerved by veteran dissident Lyudmila Alexeyeva: Back in the Soviet era, she would disconcert KGB officers by placidly unpacking oranges, then a rarity, while being questioned. Last New Year’s Eve, the 82-year-old dressed up as Snegurochka — Father Christmas’ granddaughter according to Russian fairy tales — in order to dodge a
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New threat to Russia’s dissenters
The Voice of America Office of Public Relations responded to Ted Lipien’s op-ed in The Washington Times. We post Lipien’s
BBG Watch Commentary Commenting on the Voice of America director David Ensor’s response to the posting of a fake interview
Republished from BBG Watch.
In a Washington Times Op-Ed, a Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting member Ted Lipien warned
BBG Watch Commentary There have been rumors that Richard Lobo, the current director of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), is
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