PRAGUE - The head of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said on April 3 that the US government had switched off a satellite that transmitted its Russian-language programme into Russia.

Prague-based RFE/RL, founded during the Cold War to counter Soviet propaganda and funded by the US, has been at odds with the new administration of US President Donald Trump, which decided in mid-March to freeze its funding, amid a drive to slash the size of the federal government.

RFE/RL challenged the decision in court and won a temporary restraining order, but the US Agency for Global Media, the US government agency that oversees its operations, has not yet released the funding.

“We came into work today and saw that satellite services that reach into Russia had been turned off by USAGM,” RFE/RL chief executive officer Stephen Capus told AFP.

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    A reminder that Radio Free Anything is literally CIA propaganda.

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      It is a US / neoliberal propaganda. I don’t think there’s anything CIA specific to that propaganda.

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        Ah yes they just created it and then you know they’re well known for just letting people do what they want AHAHAHAHAH

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              I think people throw CIA term because it sounds cool but what do you really mean by that?

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                Radio Free Asia was created by the CIA. If you think they let it operate independently now, you’re just either naive or dishonest.

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                  I think we’ve already established that this is not in question. I’m asking what content is created by CIA and how does it manifest.

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                    And I’m saying that’s obviously not a good faithed question. Pretty much as obvious as the external intelligence service being in charge of foreign propaganda.

                    It’s literally their job. Who do you think is going to do it? A bunch of bureaucrats?