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Sen. Voinovich criticizes Obama for public diplomacy disaster
Opinia.US SAN FRANCISCO — In a speech on the Senate floor on Thursday, Senator George Voinovich (R-OH) said he was disappointed in the manner in which President Obama’s decision to revise a missile-defense system in Eastern Europe was communicated to …
CPJ: Unsolved Killings of Journalists Lead to Self-Censorship in Russia
FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog, September 15, 2009, San Francisco -- The Committee to
Journalist faces jail for blogging on Russian explosion – Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, August 21, 2009--Prosecutors in Abakan, the capital of the Republic of Khakassia in southern Siberia, should drop their defamation charges against online editor Mikhail Afanasyev, the
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
More Trouble at Radio Liberty
The latest news about continuing turmoil at the US taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), which is managed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) -- an independent
Latest murder of journalist in Russia underlines need for government action, says OSCE media freedom representative
VIENNA, 13 August 2009 - The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, condemned today the murder of newspaper editor Abdulmalik Akhmedilov in Makhachkala, Dagestan on
Statement by Ambassador John Beyrle on the murder of Natalya Estemirova
July 16, 2009
Yesterday, Russia lost one of its most remarkable citizens, Natalya Estemirova. I was shocked and saddened to learn of her murder and my heart goes
Russia: Killing of Human Rights Activist Natalya Estemirova – U.S. State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly
Spokesman
Bureau of Public Affairs
Washington, DC
July 15, 2009
The United States is deeply saddened by reports of the abduction and murder of respected human rights
Obama should address Russian impunity in upcoming summit, says CPJ
(CPJ/IFEX) - In a letter to Barack Obama, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) asked the President to urge Russia's government to demonstrate its commitment to reversing the
Internet Divides Russia Deeply and in More than One Way – Window on Eurasia
Paul Goble Vienna, June 26 – Despite reports about the expansion of Internet use in Russia, more than half of that country’s urban residents over age 12 have never
Quo Vadis: The BBG Executive Staff wants no congressional scrutiny. No controls....
Edite Lynch: The International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) Director Richard Lobo must...
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