US state-run media outlet halts operations in Russia
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty accused Moscow of “an assault on the truth”
US government-controlled news organization Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has become yet another Western outlet to suspend operations in Russia, amid the country’s ongoing attack against Ukraine.
“It is with the deepest regret that I announce the suspension of our physical operations in Moscow today,” RFE/RL President & CEO Jamie Fly said in a statement early Sunday.
“This is not a decision that RFE/RL has taken of its own accord, but one that has been forced upon us by the Putin regime’s assault on the truth,” he stated.
RFE/RL explained the move by the bankruptcy proceedings which were launched against its Russian entity on Friday, and “intensified” pressure on its journalists from law enforcement.
https://www.rt.com/russia/551343-radio-liberty-bankruptcy-ukraine/