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Whats Behind Russias Military Buildup On Ukraines Border? width No media source currently available 0:00 0:02:50 0:00 Russia says its forces are conducting drills, but the large presence of troops and military equipment near its border with Ukraine has leaders in Kyiv and the West concerned that it could lead to a major outbreak of fighting. Experts told Current Time what they think Moscow is up to. Share

Russia Finally Opens Its Borders To Tajik Migrants, But Exorbitant Airfares Keeping Laborers Out April 08, 2021 10:11 GMT Share share Print Tajik migrant workers are desperate to return to Russia and the jobs they lost during the coronavirus pandemic, but skyrocketing prices for plane tickets are preventing them from going. Large crowds of people have gathered outside the central air ticket office in Dushanbe every day since late March, when Russia reopened its borders to Tajiks. Russian offici...

RFE/RL Denounces Latest Kremlin Efforts to Force RFE/RL Out Of Russia 3 hours ago A view shows the newsroom of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) broadcaster in Moscow, April 6, 2021 Share share Print WASHINGTON – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) President Jamie Fly today denounced Russia’s escalating efforts to force RFE/RL – including its venerable Russian Service and 24/7 digital network Current Time – out of the country. Fly stated that “RFE/RL is being targeted by t...

share Print WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has expressed his support for U.S. international media amid concerns over Russian efforts to shut down and muzzle RFE/RL under its controversial “foreign agent” law. Blinken met on April 6 with the acting head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), Kelu Chao, “to discuss the vital role that free and independent media play in the preservation and promotion of democratic principles worldwide,” State Department spokesma...

Moscow Court OKs More Foreign Agent Fines Against RFE/RL As Total Penalties Near $1 Million April 07, 2021 16:46 GMT Updated April 07, 2021 18:39 GMT Share share Print A court in Moscow has upheld fines imposed by Russias media-monitoring agency against RFE/RLs Russian-language services for alleged violations of the countrys controversial "foreign agent" laws. On April 7, the Tverskoi District Court upheld 5.5 million rubles ($70,700) in fines, rejecting RFE/RLs appeals against them. In all, th...

Russias Harassment Of RFE/RL Is Condemned By Watchdog As Threat To Media Pluralism March 17, 2021 09:50 GMT Share share Print Journalism watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned Russia for imposing "exorbitant" fines on several Russian-language services of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, saying the countrys "foreign agent" law was "absurd" and "designed to silence" independent and opposition media in the country. Russia’s state media-monitoring agency Roskomnadzor has opened 26...

With Elections Still Months Off, The Kremlin Sends A Chilling Signal March 15, 2021 16:08 GMT Share share Print MOSCOW -- Mikhail Kovyazin, a 48-year-old independent municipal deputy from the city of Kirov, had modest plans when he decided to attend the Municipal Russia conference of independent lawmakers in Moscow on March 13-14. "I planned to tell them about the situation in the village of Sergeyevo, where the bus wasnt running in the winter because the road is too dangerous," he told RFE/RL....

share Print Dismissed by Alyaksandr Lukashenka as too fragile to run Belarus, women have been at the vanguard of the pro-democracy movement that has swept the country since the disputed presidential election on August 9, 2020. Its a Belarusian development that has fueled a growing global trend, explained Oksana Antonenko, director of the London-based Control Risks Group and fellow at the Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington. "Women are playing a...

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