Prague (AFP) – A quarter century after it helped topple totalitarian Communist regimes in eastern Europe, the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is duelling Moscow again, this time in a media war over the Ukraine crisis.Broadcasting from Prague and targeting countries with restricted press freedom, RFE/RL has seen audience numbers for its Russian and Ukrainian-language services soar since the conflict erupted in the ex-Soviet state in November 2013.”RFE/RL is back, thanks to Vladimir Vladimirovich (Putin), because suddenly people realise that what we have been doing is very important,” Nenad Pejic, one of the station’s two chief executives, told AFP.As Russia …read more
Source: Business Insider
