Russia halts BBC's FM broadcasts in Moscow

demoleft

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Sun Aug-19-07 03:03 AM
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Russia halts BBC's FM broadcasts in Moscow

Source: Reuters - The Irish Times

The BBC's Russian-language Service was taken off the FM frequency it had been using to broadcast to Moscow on Friday, the second such stoppage in nine months.

The BBC said in a statement the Russian FM radio station that had been re-broadcasting its Russian Service programmes had been told by licensing authorities to stop or risk being taken off the air itself.

The move comes two months after a round of diplomatic expulsions brought relations between London and Moscow to their lowest point in years.

Almost all of Russia's broadcast media is deferential in its coverage of the Kremlin. Critics of President Vladimir Putin say his officials have sidelined dissenting voices on radio and television, though he denies this.

Read more: http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0819/breaking1.htm

I have it in today's news and shared it with you. Sorry in case it is old news. I had missed it.

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demoleft

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Sun Aug-19-07 05:01 AM
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1. It appears twice in LBN. My mistake. Twice sorry as the news broke on Friday...

Edited on Sun Aug-19-07 05:29 AM by demoleft

Pardon me twice: the news broke last Friday. But I was out of town so I had missed it.

BBC, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6951710.stm

The BBC will appeal against the decision.
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"A BBC spokesman, Mike Gardner, said: "Although the BBC is funded by the UK government... a fundamental principle of its constitution and its regulatory regime is that it is editorially independent of the UK government."

Critics say Russia is taking measures to curb media freedom ahead of parliamentary elections in December and a presidential poll in March."

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tom_paine

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Sun Aug-19-07 07:38 AM
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2. BushPutinism rears it's ugly head again

I gess over there, it is PutinBushism, but that doesn't really roll off the tongue, ya' know?

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demoleft

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Sun Aug-19-07 08:47 AM
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3. You're right . PutinBushism is a good neologism for this era. n/t

Edited on Sun Aug-19-07 08:48 AM by demoleft

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Theduckno2

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Sun Aug-19-07 11:39 PM
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5. Your post sent me to my Merriam-Websters Collegiate Dictionary.

Neologism: 1. a new word, usage or expression.

It's use, in context, headed me toward the correct meaning but you can never be too sure.

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Mnemosyne

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Sun Aug-19-07 11:14 PM
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4. BushPutinism,

Edited on Sun Aug-19-07 11:25 PM by vickiss

sounds like some terrible mind-deforming affliction.

They have deformed our freedom and liberty...

They have deformed Iraq...

And they seem to be going for some kind of world record.

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