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How US state media rebrands Nazi collaborators as freedom fighters

Posted on January 9, 2022January 9, 2022By Editor

In an effort to redefine the roots of Ukrainian statehood, Stepan Bandera’s war crimes are being whitewashed. … Read More >How US state media rebrands Nazi collaborators as freedom fighters

Russia

Russia-focused, American government-funded investigative outlet Bellingcat officially labelled ‘foreign agent’ by Moscow

Posted on October 10, 2021October 10, 2021By Editor

The Russian Ministry of Justice has included Netherlands-based digital investigations team Bellingcat in a list of ‘foreign agents’ published on Friday, along with journalists working for US state-run media RFERL and the UK’s BBC. … Read More >Russia-focused, American government-funded investigative outlet Bellingcat officially labelled ‘foreign agent’ by Moscow

World

Belarusian opposition figurehead Tikhanovskaya meets with US state-run media to secure relaunch of broadcaster in troubled country

Posted on July 30, 2021July 30, 2021By Editor

America’s state-run media giant has reportedly been asked by exiled opposition figure Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to expand its operations in Belarus as part of a renewed effort to oust the Eastern European country’s embattled leader. … Read More >Belarusian opposition figurehead Tikhanovskaya meets with US state-run media to secure relaunch of broadcaster in troubled country

Russia

US state-run outlets Voice of America and RFE/RL ‘defiantly refusing’ to follow Russian foreign agent law, claims media regulator

Posted on June 14, 2021June 14, 2021By Editor

US state-run outfits RFE/RL and Voice of America are refusing to comply with Russian legislation on the work of foreign agents within the country, the government’s media regulator Roskomnadzor revealed on Friday morning. … Read More >US state-run outlets Voice of America and RFE/RL ‘defiantly refusing’ to follow Russian foreign agent law, claims media regulator

Russia

Bailiffs turn up to Moscow offices of US state-funded broadcaster RFERL after court upholds $390,000 in fines for ‘foreign agent’

Posted on May 17, 2021May 17, 2021By Editor

Legal officers have reportedly begun inquiries into property at the Russian headquarters of US government-funded outlet RFERL after judges handed down hefty fines to the company for violating national laws on foreign-backed media. … Read More >Bailiffs turn up to Moscow offices of US state-funded broadcaster RFERL after court upholds $390,000 in fines for ‘foreign agent’

Russia

US state-run RFERL ‘knowingly violated’ Russia’s laws, now tries to block fines in European court, FM spokeswoman tells RT

Posted on April 18, 2021April 18, 2021By Editor

The US state-funded outlet RFERL deliberately ignored Russia “foreign agents” law, turning its own violations into a political campaign after it was subjected to fines, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told RT. … Read More >US state-run RFERL ‘knowingly violated’ Russia’s laws, now tries to block fines in European court, FM spokeswoman tells RT

Russia

US state-run media RFE/RL fined $150,000 by Russia for failing to declare as ‘foreign agent’, says will appeal ‘unfair’ judgements

Posted on February 13, 2021February 13, 2021By Editor

US state-run broadcaster RFE/RL has been fined 11 million rubles ($150,000) by a Russian court after failing to declare on its network of websites that they are registered as “foreign agents” – a requirement by law. … Read More >US state-run media RFE/RL fined $150,000 by Russia for failing to declare as ‘foreign agent’, says will appeal ‘unfair’ judgements

Russia

Moscow issues hefty fines to US state-run media RFERL for failure to declare ‘foreign agent’ status on material aimed at Russians

Posted on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021By Editor

Russia’s national media watchdog has slapped a media outlet funded and controlled by the US Government with a large fine, after it was found to have failed to declare its links with Washington to audiences, as required by law. … Read More >Moscow issues hefty fines to US state-run media RFERL for failure to declare ‘foreign agent’ status on material aimed at Russians

Russia

Leading Russian liberal journalist fired by US state-controlled media RFE/RL for discussing family of Alexey Navalny’s wife

Posted on December 5, 2020December 5, 2020By Editor

Journalist Timur Olevsky has been fired by Current Time, a Russian-language TV channel created by US government-run RFE/RL, after he discussed a conspiracy theory about opposition figure Alexey Navalny’s father-in-law. … Read More >Leading Russian liberal journalist fired by US state-controlled media RFE/RL for discussing family of Alexey Navalny’s wife