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Kremlin Escalates Fight With U.S. Funded Journalists, Officials Say The fight over the future of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has significant implications for press freedom across Russia. A studio of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Moscow. The organization, which operates independently in Russia and receives funds from the U.S. government, has become a target for Moscow.Credit...Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters May 20, 2021Updated 7:54 a.m. ET WASHINGTON — When Jamie Fly, the chief executive...

May 20, 2021 Share The European Union has slammed Belarus for its closure of the country’s biggest independent online news publication, Tut.by, as one of its reporters left prison after serving six months for her reporting on the death of a protester killed during a crackdown on demonstrations against authoritarian ruler Alexander Lukashenko. In a statement on May 19, an EU spokesman called the blocking a day earlier of the popular news site an “act of continued repression and intim...

May 15, 2021 Share RFE/RL’s bank accounts in Russia have been frozen following a visit by court bailiffs to the U.S. agency’s Moscow bureau. The move came after agents of the Federal Court Bailiffs Service on May 14 initiated enforcement proceedings against RFE/RL’s Russian branch over unpaid fines accrued because of violations of Russia’s controversial “foreign agent” laws. The bailiffs service sent RFE/RL a court resolution authorizing it to search for the organization...

Journalists in Trouble Newsletter width No media source currently available 0:00 0:02:14 0:00 Share Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has called on Russia to stop "targeting" journalists after one of its contributors lost an appeal against her inclusion on Russia’s controversial registry of “foreign agent” media. The City Court in the western Russian city of Pskov on May 5 said the inclusion of RFE/RL contributor Lyudmila Savitskaya on the Justice Ministry’s list was lawful. “Lyudmila i...

share Print Russian intelligence services have spied on and filmed Jehovahs Witnesses in a bathhouse, in the latest example of persecution against the outlawed Christian group. The snooping, carried out by Russias Federal Security Service (FSB), was revealed at a trial in the Urals city of Perm, where five Jehovahs Witnesses received suspended sentences for “illegal” religious activities. The video of the groups members in the bathhouse was used as evidence against the defendants in the tri...

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After Kazan School Shooting, Some Russian Officials See Solution In Less Freedom, More Control May 12, 2021 14:34 GMT Share share Print In the wake of the fatal school shooting in Kazan on May 11, the question of how to prevent such incidents -- which have become increasingly common in Russia in recent years -- jumped to the top of the national agenda. Some officials of longtime President Vladimir Putins authoritarian government were quick to propose measures that could further boost the states...

No media source currently available 0:00 0:01:48 0:00 The three activists admitted they splashed paint on the booth, but insisted the action cannot be defined as vandalism as the booth was not damaged. The activists launched the protest during the high-profile extremism case against members of the New Greatness youth group. Many in Russia consider the New Greatness case to be trumped-up by Russians Federal Security Service (FSB). Prosecutors had asked the court to sentence the three activists t...

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share Print In his speeches at the annual Red Square military parade marking the anniversary of Nazi Germanys defeat in World War II, Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly emphasized the massive role the Soviet Union played, while often minimizing the contributions made by the Western Allies, including the United States. This year, he seemed to take that approach a step further, even going off-script -- possibly -- to suggest that the Soviet Union essentially defeated Hitler on its o...