RADIO LIBERTY’S LICENSE MAY BE IN QUESTION.
Publication: North Caucasus Weekly Volume: 3 Issue: 5
On January 28, Russian presidential spokesman Sergei Yastrzhembsky announced that the Russian government planned to follow Radio Liberty’s coverage of the Chechen conflict closely and might choose to revoke the U.S.-funded station’s license to broadcast in Russia if it saw the programming as pro-separatist (Moscow Times, January 29). In February, Radio Liberty plans to begin transmitting programs in the Chechen, Avar and Cherkess languages, as well as in Russian (Novye Izvestia, January 31).
