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Free media in unfree societies. Local reporting and intensive coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, unrest in Iran, Taliban in Afghanistan, and more.
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    Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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    Jun 3
    Hidden in a smuggled KGB archive is an espionage mystery few have ever heard of. Frederick Flott was a former CIA officer, a US diplomat, and Robert F. Kennedy's interpreter on a Soviet road trip. But newly examined KGB archive files suggest Flott may have secretly passed
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    Mar 6, 2022
    1/🧵 If you are in Russia, you may not be able to access RFE/RL content. The Kremlin has imposed unprecedented censorship. Here's how to bypass it.
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    May 3, 2022
    87-year-old Elvira survived the Holocaust and the Nazi siege of Leningrad. She told @radiosvoboda that what she witnessed in Mariupol was worse.
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    Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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    Feb 21, 2020
    A week-long "reduction in violence" between the Taliban and U.S. and Afghan security forces will begin at midnight local time. ow.ly/89rX50ysgkh
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    Sep 24, 2022
    Allowing "Roger Waters, an open supporter of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, to play in Krakow...would be shameful for our city," a city councilor said on social media. "Let him sing in Moscow." trts.io/3Gf5J
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    Oct 31, 2022
    Soso Glonti, a fitness coach with Russian and Georgian citizenship, burned his Russian passport and joined the Ukrainian forces. "I asked myself: 'Are things really the way they say?'" he told @CurrentTimeTv.
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    Aug 29, 2022
    "They saw this ["Z”] symbol on the back of our car. They attacked us with accusations that we are fascists. [They said] that we attacked Ukraine." Russian tourists in 🇰🇿 have faced anger from locals and even fines from police for sporting pro-war Z stickers on their cars.
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    Jul 9, 2018
    #LGBT activists from Spain, The Netherlands, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia are trolling Russia's #WorldCup, displaying the rainbow flag using their jerseys. Which color is which team?
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    Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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    Aug 10, 2019
    Lyubov Sobol posted a video showing armed, masked men barging into her office ahead of today's rally in Moscow. Sobol was one of the opposition candidates not allowed to stand in the upcoming municipal elections.
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    Nov 2, 2022
    We asked people in Moscow if they think the war in Ukraine is going according to the Kremlin's plan. "Yes, if the plan was to destroy Russia," said one woman. "After we retreated from Kyiv? Our generals have sh*t for brains if you'll forgive me," a man told us.
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