• HOME
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • CONTACT
  • CHINA
  • CUBA
  • IRAN
  • RUSSIA
  • BBG WATCH
  • Login
Upgrade
USAGMWatch.com
  • Home
  • About
  • MANAGEMENT
  • ELECTIONS
  • PROPAGANDA
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • BBG WATCH
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About
  • MANAGEMENT
  • ELECTIONS
  • PROPAGANDA
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • BBG WATCH
No Result
View All Result
USAGM Watch
No Result
View All Result
Home RFE/RL

U.S. State Department condemns Russia’s fines against Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

State Department is concerned by fines imposed on RFE/RL under Russia’s repressive foreign agent registration laws.

USAGMW by USAGMW
March 5, 2021
19 1
U.S. State Department condemns Russia’s fines against Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

USAGM Watch

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has received support in a statement from U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price at the press briefing in Washington on March 3, 2021 in response to fines imposed on RFE/RL under Russia’s foreign agent registration laws. Reporters attending the briefing did not ask any questions about restriction on Radio Liberty in Russia and focused on other international and U.S. foreign policy issues. The State Department spokesperson protested the latest denial of RFE/RL’s appeals of fines “unjustly imposed” under what he called “Russia’s repressive foreign agent registration laws.”


MR PRICE: “Next, in keeping with our commitment to stand firm on support for human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, the United States is deeply concerned by Russia’s increasingly repressive efforts to clamp down on the exercise of freedom of expression, including by members of the press.

In particular, we are concerned by today’s denial of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s appeals of fines unjustly imposed under Russia’s repressive foreign agent registration laws.

These laws are a further transparent effort to impede the work of RFE/RL outlets, which are already severely limited in their ability to broadcast on television and radio in Russia, and to prevent them from bringing real and objective news to the Russian people. This is unacceptable, and we will continue to support the presence of independent and international media outlets in Russia.”

Also see RFE/RL news report, “U.S. Expresses ‘Deep Concern’ After Moscow Court Confirms ‘Foreign Agent’ Fines Against RFE/RL” and RFE/RL press release, “RFE/RL Protests Russian Court’s Rejection Of Labeling Fine Appeal” which includes a statement from RFE/RL President Jamie Fly. His statement suggest that the U.S. tax-funded media outlet will not make humiliating concessions to the Kremlin or issue false statements just to keep its legal presence in Russia and its news bureau operating in Moscow. In a caption for a photo taken by Russian Service director Andrey Shary, showing Radio Liberty’s Moscow bureau, RFE/RL noted that “despite ongoing appeals in more cases on the issue, RFE/RL now has 60 days to pay the fines and come into compliance with the regulations or face the potential closure of its operations inside Russia, such as the Moscow bureau shown above.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to humiliate Radio Liberty by forcing it and its individual reporters in Russia and even abroad to label themselves as “foreign agents.” While the Kremlin’s propaganda outlet RT had to register in the U.S. as a foreign agent, the new Russian media law imposes a far more intrusive self-labeling, not just by the organization, but also by its individual reporters.

RFE/RL President Jamie Fly said, “RFE/RL rejects the imposition of these fines, and does not accept the Russian court’s decision to strike down our appeal of them. We consider Russian Internet regulator Roskomnadzor’s self-labeling regulations — in fact orders to deface our content platforms and intimidate our audiences — to be a state-sponsored assault on media freedom that violates the Russian Constitution and Russia’s media law. RFE/RL will continue to object, protest, and appeal these requirements.”

Fly continued, “RFE/RL will not abandon our growing audience in Russia, who continue to engage with our objective and independent journalism despite the Kremlin’s pressure campaign. RFE/RL will not be deterred by these blatant attempts to influence our editorial independence and undermine our ability to reach our audience at a moment when the Russian people are demanding the truth.”

U.S. Expresses ‘Deep Concern’ After Moscow Court Confirms ‘Foreign Agent’ Fines Against RFE/RL
The U.S. State Department has expressed “deep concern” about what it calls Russian government efforts “to clamp down on the exercise of freedom of expression.”
RFE/RL Protests Russian Court’s Rejection Of Labeling Fine Appeal
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) protested a Russian court’s rejection today of the first five appeals of fines levied against the public service media outlet for violating regulations mandating intrusive labeling of content seen by its Russian audiences. RFE/RL reaffirmed...

Also see Foreign Policy article “The Kremlin’s Latest Target Is Online Media: Why the Russian government is now equating digital journalism with foreign espionage,” by Justin Sherman and Dylan Myles-Primakoff.

The Kremlin’s Latest Target Is Online Media
Why the Russian government is now equating digital journalism with foreign espionage.
Total
8
Shares
Share 8
Tweet 0
Pin it 0
Share 0
Tags: media lawNed PriceRFE/RLRussiaState Department
Previous Post

USAGM Watch Citizen Journalists

Next Post

Senator Bob Menendez questions USAGM acting CEO’s decision to appoint Sylvia Rosabal as Director of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting

USAGMW

USAGMW

USAGM Watch reports and commentaries are written by citizen journalists who work as volunteers.

Related Posts

More Charges of Voice of America and USAGM Senior Management Dysfunction
VOA

VOA’s Russian influence crisis calls for congressional intervention | The Hill op-ed

by USAGMW
June 6, 2023
VOA’s Sloppy Newscasts Part of QC Problems at USAGM
Dan Robinson

VOA’s Sloppy Newscasts Part of QC Problems at USAGM

by Dan Robinson
April 7, 2023
RFE/RL Issues Vague Denial of Offering Job to Pro-Crimea Annexation Journalist EXCLUSIVE
RFE/RL

RFE/RL Issues Vague Denial of Offering Job to Pro-Crimea Annexation Journalist EXCLUSIVE

by USAGMW
March 31, 2023
USAGM CEO Amanda Bennett Gave Evasive Answers About Internal Censorship of Voice of America News
Amanda Bennett

USAGM CEO Amanda Bennett Gave Evasive Answers About Internal Censorship of Voice of America News

by USAGMW
March 15, 2023
Washington Examiner

Leadership failure at Voice of America and US Agency for Global Media calls for bipartisan reform | Washington Examiner Op-Ed

by USAGMW
March 8, 2023
Next Post
Voice of America Ignored Katyń Anniversary and the Menendez Resolution

Senator Bob Menendez questions USAGM acting CEO's decision to appoint Sylvia Rosabal as Director of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

USAGMWatch.com

USAGM Watch is published by citizen journalists who work as volunteers.

Terms of Use.   Privacy Policy.

© 2022 USAGM Watch.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About
  • MANAGEMENT
  • ELECTIONS
  • PROPAGANDA
  • CHINA
  • CUBA
  • IRAN
  • RUSSIA
  • HISTORY
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • CONTACT
  • BBG WATCH

© 2022 USAGM Watch.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?