All posts tagged Vladimir Putin

April 23, 2013 · No comments

Russia Talking to Itself – journalists discuss media landscape and Radio Liberty

Kremlin control of the Russian media may not be absolute, though it comes pretty close, and the few independent media have to watch their backs constantly. Aleksey Levinson, Mikhail Sokolov and Zygmunt Dzieciolowski discuss the specifics of the situation in …

Bureaucrats proposed cutting US broadcasts to North Caucasus, home of Boston bombing suspects

April 19, 2013 · 5 Comments

BBG Watch Commentary. U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) still broadcasts uncensored radio programs in local languages to the largely Muslim North

Liberty Media Corporation should also honor fired Radio Liberty Russian journalists

April 8, 2013 · No comments

BBG Watch Commentary Liberty Media Corporation, a for-profit group of American media industry investors, is giving its $50,000

Two vice presidents departed Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

April 4, 2013 · No comments

BBG Watch Commentary Dale Cohen, Vice President of Administration at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) since November 2011, and Beth Portale, Vice President and Chief of

US stands to lose ability to connect with citizens in closed societies if bureaucrats have their way

February 25, 2013 · No comments

BBG Watch Commentary [caption id="attachment_20188" align="alignnone" width="642" caption="Broadcasting Board of Governors FY 2013 Budget Request"][/caption] The Washington bureaucrats in charge of U.S. international broadcasting (USIB) have not increased their

Radio Liberty in Exile issues statement on meeting with RFE/RL acting president Kevin Klose

February 22, 2013 · Comments Off

BBG Watch Commentary [caption id="attachment_19186" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Radio Liberty n Exile"][/caption] After much internal debate, journalists of Radio Liberty in Exile issued a

RFE/RL president Kevin Klose to meet in Moscow with human rights leaders and fired Radio Liberty staffers

February 14, 2013 · 1 Comment

BBG Watch Commentary [caption id="attachment_19379" align="alignleft" width="122" caption="Kevin Klose"][/caption] BBG Watch has learned that newly-appointed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty acting president Kevin Klose is planning to meet in Moscow

Case against informational appeasement of Putin’s Russia

January 29, 2013 · Comments Off

BBG Watch Commentary [caption id="attachment_19751" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Edward Lucas"][/caption] 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

January 26, 2013 · Comments Off

BBG Watch Commentary

"On the day Kevin Klose assumes his duties as Acting President and CEO or Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), BBG Watch would like to present again