Radio Liberty Ceases Broadcasting in Russia

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is set to stop medium-wave broadcasting in Moscow on November 10, and will switch over to the multimedia internet broadcasting format, Yelena Glushkova, the head of the radio station’s Russian office, announced on Friday. She said that the decision was made in compliance with the Russian law on mass media that prohibits radio broadcasting in Russia by companies that are majority owned by foreign individuals or legal entities. “We are working on a multimedia strategy, which means we will use the internet as the key radio broadcasting site,” she said. Glushkova said that the radio station reduced staff due to the switchover to multimedia broadcasting. Radio Liberty is a broadcaster funded by U.S. Congress and is headquartered in Prague.

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