Washington’s extreme reaction is due to panic at the fact that it’s losing its monopoly on global media
In late 1986 Yegor Ligachev, the secretary of the Soviet Communist Party’s Central Committee, and Viktor Chebrikov, then-head of the KGB, proposed that the country end the practice of jamming foreign radio stations. ‘Enemy voices’ was the popular term used at the time to describe these broadcasts from abroad.
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The lack of lobbyism is precisely the problem Russia has today in its relationship with the United States
Twenty-seven years ago, Russia embarked upon a journey of blockbuster proportions. The maelstrom that was the collapse of the Soviet Union gestured in a new era of economic and political realities — realities that mirror no historical analogy. In the same time it takes to binge-watch a Netflix Original Series, the world we ...
... of 2017, only few international media outlets fell under FARA act: China Daily (Note: there is no foreign agent label on the website of China Daily), NHK Cosmomedia and KBS Korean Broadcasting System.
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China Daily has a circulation of over 200 thousand copies but at the same time doesn't have a comparable broadcast network. Thus, RT is the only foreign media outlet which has a pretty much developed broadcast network registered as a foreign agent.
Does FARA Registration Violate Freedom of Speech?
People in the US are very sensitive to any attempts of restricting freedom of speech....