![]() ![]() ![]() Masha Karp, Martin Dewhirst, Victor Suvorov, Vladimir Bukovsky, Oleg Gordievsky criticized the BBC Russian service for giving less coverage to viewpoints outside of those approved by the Russian government. ![]() In its 2007 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report the House of Commons' Foreign Affairs Committee concluded that "the development of a partnership with the international arm of a Russian state broadcasting network puts the BBC World Service's reputation for editorial independence at risk". The BBC planned to appeal against the decision. BBC content was not aired as usual at 1700 (Moscow time) the station was ordered by its owner, the financial group Finam, to pull the shows or risk being taken off air altogether. On 17 August 2007 Bol'shoe Radio notified the BBC World Service that it planned to stop transmission of BBC programming in Russian as of that afternoon. Daily broadcasts alternated between the Russian Service and Radio Moscow. The BBC Russian Service partnered with Bol'shoe Radio ( Russian: Большое радио), an FM broadcaster in Moscow between April and August 2007. īefore the final decision to concentrate on online production the Russian Service radio was available only on AM. The BBC Russian Service has moved all its operation to the Internet, halting radio broadcasting after 65 years on air. On 26 March 2011 the service stopped broadcasting on medium and shortwave, and now publishes and broadcasts on the internet only. Jamming finally stopped in the late 1980s, as perestroika took hold. Despite this, it tried to bring to listeners in Soviet Union information they were deprived of, including works of writers and dissidents who could not publish their work at home, such as Alexander Solzhenitsyn. In the Cold War-era broadcasts were severely jammed. These were mainly short news bulletins or announcements relating to UK Foreign Office policy in Russian from 1943 onwards but often weeks or months apart. Most of these broadcasts were after 1942. However, during World War II there were sporadic broadcasts to the Soviet Union in Russian only. The first programme of the Russian section of the BBC was hosted by Sonya (Betty) Horsfall on 24 March 1946. The BBC's first Russian-language broadcast was a translation of a speech by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on 23 June 1941. ![]()
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