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DW locates Moscow bureau to Latvia
Deutsche Welle (DW) is relocating the journalistic operations that were based in Moscow to Latvia following the closure of its Moscow studio and the...
BBC increases access to news on Ukraine and Russia
BBC News is increasing access to its independent journalism on the invasion of Ukraine. From today it will make a daily half hour news bulletin...
Second Ukraine TV tower hit; channels off the air
Reports from Ukraine say that the Russian invasion has targeted a second TV transmission tower. The TV tower in Kharkiv is reported to have been...
RFE/RL suspends operations in Russia
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has suspended its operations in Russia after local tax authorities initiated bankruptcy proceedings against...
USAGM condemns Kremlin’s increasing censorship and responds to surge in demand for reporting from its networks
Despite the Russian government’s attempted censorship of Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), there has been a surge...
BBC temporarily suspends work of journalists in Russia
In an unprecedented move, the BBC has announced that it is temporarily suspending the work of its journalists in Russia. It follows the approval of...
Russians and Ukrainians beat blockages to access RFE/RL
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has condemned the blocking of access within Russia to websites run by its Russian, Tatar-Bashkir, and North...
NHK WORLD-JAPAN launches Ukrainian AI subtitling
NHK WORLD-JAPAN began providing Ukrainian subtitles for its live video streaming on March 2, 2022. The translations are generated by artificial...
Surge in Russian audiences for BBC News
The audience for the BBC’s Russian language news website more than tripled its year-to-date weekly average, with a record reach of 10.7m people in...