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Guide Note: Vladimir Putin announced that the local FM transmission of the BBC Russian Service would be taken taken off air for being “foreign propaganda”.

Fast Facts

  1. BBC broadcasts were jammed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War
  2. Viewed as another crisis in Russia’s strained relations with Britain
  3. Measure was seen as the latest punitive action by Moscow in the row between Britain and Russia over the murder in November 2007 of Alexander Litvinenko
  4. After Russia refused to extradite a suspect Britain expelled Russian diplomats and Russia responded with similar measures

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BBC's Russian Service Off Air

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The Mahalo Top 7

  1. The Telegraph: Russian ban on BBC a 'swipe at UK' (Aug 20, 2007)
  2. The Observer: "Russia's muscle-flexing is dangerous posturing" (Aug 19, 2007)
  3. International Herald Tribune: BBC's FM broadcasts knocked off the air in Russia  WARNING: Pop-ups
  4. Times Online: "Kremlin orders BBC off the air" (Aug 18, 2007)
  5. Guardian Unlimited: "Russia forces World Service off FM radio" (Aug 18, 2007)
  6. BBC - Press Office: BBC programming to be taken off FM station in Moscow today (Aug 17, 2007)
  7. BBC NEWS: BBC radio ordered off Russian FM (Aug 17, 2007)

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