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Russia – Do guilty verdicts in double murder mark beginning of end for impunity?

Reporters Without Borders welcomes the guilty verdicts that a Moscow court has handed down in the trial of two ultra-nationalist activists for the January 2009 double murder of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and Novaya Gazeta trainee reporter Anastasia Baburova .

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Broadcasting Board of Governors Internet Strategy Downplays Human Rights Reporting

FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, April 6, 2011-- An independent outside expert evaluation of the Voice of America (VOA) Russian news website content,

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Free Media Online Director Mario Corti Discusses Human Rights Situation in Russia

The Valdai Club interview with Free Media Online Director Mario Corti on the human rights situation in Russia.

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BBG’s Internet Only Strategy Loses Audience and Fails in Russia

TedLipien.com, Truckee, CA, March 2, 2011 -- In this series of analyses for Free Media Online (FreeMediaOnline.org) -- U.S. International Broadcasting in Crisis-- Ted

European Commission must press Russia on impunity

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New York, February 23, 2011--In advance of key meetings on Thursday between the European Commission and Russian Prime Minister

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Voice of America Website Hacked by Islamists; Critic of Government Mismanagement Warns About Obama Administration’s Retreat in Providing Uncensored News to China

FreeMediaOnline.orgTruckee, CA, USA, February 21, 2011 -- As reported by PiratesWeek and Kim Andrew Elliott, a Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)

Georgians in Gali

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

Russia – Guardian reporter allowed to return

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Luke Harding , correspondent of the British daily The Guardian who was deported from Russia on 5 February, returned to his

Attacks on the Press 2010: Russia

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Top Developments
• Some progress in journalist murder probes, but attacks continue with impunity.
• FSB given broad detention

Yuriy Handler 1936-2011, Soviet Dissident, Former Director of Radio Liberty Russian Service

Yuriy Handler 1936-2011 – Soviet Dissident, Former Director of Radio Liberty’s Russian Service

Remembering A Mentor by Mario Corti No one has told Yuriy Handler's story better than his daughter, best-selling American novelist Paullina Simons.

When I was 9 years old my

Russia – Editor beaten up in Severo-Kurilsk

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Alexander Chernega, editor and publisher of the newspaper "Paramushir-Vesti", was ruthlessly beaten after some of his critical stories about the local governor

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Reagan is Out, Obama is In – U.S. Embassies in Central and Eastern Europe Ignore 100 Anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s Birthday

TedLipien.com, Truckee, CA, February 08, 2011 -- One would think that the centennial of Ronald Reagan's birthday could be a perfect public diplomacy theme for

Russia – Guardian correspondent’s expulsion seen as warning to all foreign reporters

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders is deeply disturbed by Russia's expulsion of Luke Harding , The Guardian 's Moscow correspondent, regarding it as

Russian Authorities Should Investigate Unlawful Evictions in Chechnya

Freedom House: Freedom House today expresses deep concern about the illegal eviction of dozens of Chechen families from their homes in Grozny over the past month and

Russia – Freelance journalist reported missing

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Yekaterina Silina wrote about new Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin's initiatives and was in charge of scanning government officials' blogs.

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