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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

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noun

  1. a federally funded private organization that broadcasts news and entertainment to formerly Communist countries, especially the Russian Federation, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria: founded 1952.


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In his previous role as Moscow Correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, he traveled the length and breadth of Russia, visiting dying towns in the Arctic, driving across frozen rivers in Siberia, covering protests in Russia’s Far East, and traversing the restive republics of the North Caucasus.

From The Wall Street Journal

After more talks with U.S. diplomats, they freed another three prisoners—including a U.S. citizen and journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

From The Wall Street Journal

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which was founded during the Cold War to broadcast inside the Soviet bloc and was a loose inspiration for RFA, has survived in part due to pledges of support by European governments led by the Czech Republic.

From Barron's

The prisoner exchange also involved the release of another journalist: Kurmasheva, a Russian American editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, who was detained in October while visiting her elderly mother.

From Los Angeles Times

The country “seems to be grasping at anything that hurts Al Jazeera,” said Thomas Kent, former president and CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and an international consultant on media ethics.

From Seattle Times