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Freedom House Releases Report: "Promise and Reversal: The Post-Soviet Landscape Twenty Years On"

Freedom House today launched a web feature presenting its latest special report, ‘Promise and Reversal: The Post-Soviet Landscape Twenty Years On,’ to mark the 20th anniversary of the failed Soviet coup of August 19, 1991. The feature includes a retrospective essay examining changes in the state of political rights and civil liberties in the former Soviet Union over the last two decades, as well as graphs and rankings that illustrate the region’s performance in the annual Freedom House publications Freedom in the World and Freedom of the Press.

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) - After almost 19 years since the first exchange of fire in August 1992, the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict remains as far from political

BBC to End Radio Broadcasts in Russian Русская служба Би-би-си существенно сократит количество радиопрограмм

FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, January 26, 2011 -- The Russian Service of the BBC, which provides news and information to Russian-speaking audiences

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Broadcasting Board of Governors Chairman makes news by calling Russia’s and China’s official media America’s ‘enemies’; former BBG member gets praise on Capital Hill

FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, October 08, 2010 -- The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Walter Isaacson, recently placed by President

Eastern Europe press freedom awards 2011 | IFEX

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The Norway-based Fritt Ord Foundation (Freedom of Expression Foundation) and the German-based ZEIT Foundation have put out a call for nominations for

IFJ endorses joint Russian and Georgian demand to end media restrictions

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Media groups are calling for an end to war propaganda and concrete actions to promote dialogue and confidence between Russian and Georgian journalists.

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Independent US Bloggers Beat Voice of America and Radio Liberty in Delivering Uncensored News to Russia

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Self-Censorship About Putin at Condé Nast GQ Magazine, Limited Coverage by U.S.-Taxpayer Funded Broadcasters


The popular New York blog site Gawker is reporting that "in an act of publishing cowardice, Condé Nast has gone to extraordinary lengths to prevent

The Kremlin’s Efforts to Rewrite Soviet History Work in Subtle Ways

The map from the secret appendix to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact showing the new German-Soviet border. The map is signed by Joseph Stalin and German Foreign Minister Joachim von

US Public Diplomacy Failure to Reach Out to the Russians After Terrorist Attack in Ingushetia

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Voice of America Report Shows Confusion and Divisions Over Obama’s Policy Toward Russia

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Cyber attack makes anti-Russia blogger a star – The Los Angeles Times reports

'I am not happy . . . but it is good that I get famous,' Georgian Cyxymu says of the onslaught that brought down Twitter and crippled Facebook

VOA Director Testifies Before Congress About Strategy in Russia and Cyber Attack on VOA Website But Serious Mistakes Go Unreported


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White House Video From Russia Released 10 Days Late, Without Russian Translation, And A Message Overtaken By Events

AS RELEASED BY THE WHITE HOUSE, FRI, JULY 17, 12:51 PM EST

Highlights from the President's Trip to Russia

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With Obama in Moscow, Voice of America Russian Reporters Saw Their Work Vanish

The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has put all the eggs of broadcasts to Russia from the U.S. in one basket.

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