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China Calls Media Outlets Facing Trump Funding Axe 'Notorious'

Beijing on Tuesday said media outlets facing the axe by US President Donald Trump had a "notorious" history of reporting on China, as Cambodia's autocratic former leader hailed the move for "combating fake news".

International Business Times

EU’s foreign policy chief laments US funding cuts to Radio Free Europe

Kaja Kallas says the bloc cannot automatically fill the gap left by the US

The Guardian - UK

The Cold War Broadcasting Apparatus Should Shut Down

Dissidents resisting authoritarian regimes should be independent of the United States—and so should their media sources.

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Trump cuts off funding for pro-democracy media outlets VOA and RFERL

President Trump's administration has cut off funding for Voice of America, Radio Liberty and other pro-democracy media that broadcast to undemocratic states.

Euronews

Trump Freezes VOA, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe

President Donald Trump's administration on Saturday put journalists at Voice of America and other US-funded broadcasters on leave, abruptly freezing outlets long seen as critical to countering a Russian and Chinese information offensive.

International Business Times

The US’s foreign broadcasters may soon be forced to become pro-Trump propaganda

If Trump’s first term is any indication, outlets such as Voice of America and Radio Free Europe will face political inquisitions

The Guardian - US

‘I didn’t see the sun for 10 months’: American journalist reveals her ordeal in a Russian prison

Alsu Kurmasheva was among 16 people freed in the largest US Russian post-Soviet prisoner swap. She tells Bel Trew about life in prison and the moment she was snatched from her mother’s apartment by a swarm of men in black masks

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Dual citizen journalist Alsu Kramasheva marks 100 days in Russian prison

Learn about the unjust detention of Alsu Kramasheva, a dual U.S.-Russian citizen and journalist, in Russia for over 100 days, and the efforts to secure her...

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'We want her back,' husband of US journalist detained in Russia appeals for her immediate release

The husband of a Russian-American journalist working for a U.S. government-funded media company who is detained in Russia has called for her speedy release

The Independent UK

Russian court extends detention of US journalist Alsu Kurmasheva

The journalist is accused of failing to register as a ‘foreign agent’, a charge watchdogs have called ‘spurious’.

Al Jazeera

Court extends detention of Russian-American journalist, her employer says

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said a court ordered Alsu Kurmasheva to be held until Dec. 5, rejecting her lawyer's request for preventive measures other than incarceration.

WEKU

Russia charges Radio Free Europe editor with failing to register as a 'foreign agent'

Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva is the second U.S. journalist to be detained in Russia this year. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested for alleged spying in March.

WEKU

Do Kwon to be taken into extradition custody as Montenegro considers South Korea's request

Both South Korea and the U.S. have requested to extradite the disgraced crypto founder.

Fortune

Ukraine reports new advances near eastern city of Bakhmut

Ukraine's military said it had made new advances on Wednesday in heavy fighting near the eastern city of Bakhmut, and that Russia was continuing to send in new units including paratroopers.

Reuters

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Ukraine hails gains in Bakhmut as Zelenskiy wins more weapons in Europe

Ukraine on Monday hailed its first substantial battlefield advances in six months as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy won pledges for new long-range drones in Britain to add to a haul of Western arms for a counteroffensive against Russian invaders.

The Guardian - UK

Senior EU official calls for a ‘Radio Free Russia’ to help exiled media

Vĕra Jourová says the bloc has a moral duty and the project would not necessarily mean a new station

Daily Mirror

Exiled enemy of brutal Chechen leader assassinated in Europe as he's found shot dead

The Telegram channel 1ADAT and Radio Free Europe reported that 36-year-old Tumso Abdurakhmanov, the exiled enemy of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, was shot dead in Sweden

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin faces revolt as furious Russians say they've 'gained nothing' from war

Muscovites are getting fed up with the war in Ukraine as it continues to drag on and are making their negative feelings towards the Russian President known in new interviews

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Reuters

NATO seeks to buttress Russia's neighbours as Moscow attacks Ukraine on multiple fronts

Russia said its forces in eastern Ukraine had edged forward, Kyiv said Moscow was "planning something" in the south and NATO sought on Wednesday to shore up other countries that fear destabilisation from Moscow.

France 24

Sergey Kiriyenko, the ‘Viceroy of the Donbas’ who helped launch Putin’s career

He is a man of many names: “Kinder Surprise”, after the popular chocolate eggs given to children throughout Europe, “the little human computer”, “Nuke Surprise”, but Sergey Kiriyenko’s front-row seat during Vladimir Putin’s contested annexation of four Ukrainian regions on Friday inspired his latest nickname: “Viceroy of the Donbas”. Who…

Reuters

Belarus jails Radio Liberty freelancer for six years for 'extremism'

A court in Belarus sentenced a freelance journalist for the Belarusian service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to six years in jail on extremism charges, the broadcaster and the Spring-96 human rights organisation said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Russian court fines Radio Liberty $325,000 over 'fakes' -Ifax

A Moscow court has fined U.S.-backed broadcaster Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe 20 million roubles ($325,214) over "fake" content about Russia's military operation in Ukraine, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday.

The Guardian - AU

Zelenskiy promises to work for new sanctions against Russia – as it happened

Volodymyr Zelenskiy says new round of negotiations ahead but that deal would have to be subject to referendum; Joe Biden rejects suggestion he was calling for regime change in Moscow

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