⚡️ Brazilian influencers are hyping “dream jobs” in Russia that trap young women in military drone factories.
RFE/RL reports the offers promise hospitality work but end up forcing recruits to build Russian combat drones.
RFE/RL reports the offers promise hospitality work but end up forcing recruits to build Russian combat drones.
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
⚡️ Brazilian influencers are hyping “dream jobs” in Russia that trap young women in military drone factories.
RFE/RL reports the offers promise hospitality work but end up forcing recruits to build Russian combat drones.
RFE/RL reports the offers promise hospitality work but end up forcing recruits to build Russian combat drones.
putin’s real location is hidden by the kremlin, but RFE/RL’s Systema exposed his secret offices, including a high-security complex in valdai, despite claims he’s mostly near moscow
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How The Kremlin Is Hiding Putin | RFE/RL Exclusive
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November 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
putin’s real location is hidden by the kremlin, but RFE/RL’s Systema exposed his secret offices, including a high-security complex in valdai, despite claims he’s mostly near moscow
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Putin had clones of his offices built&is hiding in the Valdai forests, surrounded by 14 air defense systems,according to journalists from the investigative project Systema,RFE/RL's Russian investigative unit, who analyzed thousands of official video recordings from recent years.⤵️
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Putin had clones of his offices built&is hiding in the Valdai forests, surrounded by 14 air defense systems,according to journalists from the investigative project Systema,RFE/RL's Russian investigative unit, who analyzed thousands of official video recordings from recent years.⤵️
Here's the data showing that - SARS-CoV-2 and BANAL-236 replicate really well in the human Caco-2 cell line, which has human ACE2, but not in the Rhinolophus cell line RFe, which has bat ACE2.
Pop the human versions in, and you regain replication in Rhinolophus cell lines.
Pop the human versions in, and you regain replication in Rhinolophus cell lines.
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Here's the data showing that - SARS-CoV-2 and BANAL-236 replicate really well in the human Caco-2 cell line, which has human ACE2, but not in the Rhinolophus cell line RFe, which has bat ACE2.
Pop the human versions in, and you regain replication in Rhinolophus cell lines.
Pop the human versions in, and you regain replication in Rhinolophus cell lines.
An RFE/RL investigation has discovered that putin uses three nearly identical offices in different parts of russia and that the kremlin has repeatedly misled the public about the leader's whereabouts.
www.rferl.org/a/putin-secr...
www.rferl.org/a/putin-secr...
Where's Putin? How A Door Handle Exposed Putin’s Secret Offices
An RFE/RL investigation has discovered that Russian President Vladimir Putin uses three nearly identical offices in different parts of Russia and that the Kremlin has repeatedly misled the public abou...
www.rferl.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
An RFE/RL investigation has discovered that putin uses three nearly identical offices in different parts of russia and that the kremlin has repeatedly misled the public about the leader's whereabouts.
www.rferl.org/a/putin-secr...
www.rferl.org/a/putin-secr...
The self-appointed "acting CEO" of USAGM, Kari Lake, has notified Congress she's ending funding for the Hungarian Service of RFE/RL (which was launched in the first Trump administration), alleging it has been trying to destabilize the authoritarian Orban regime.
November 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The self-appointed "acting CEO" of USAGM, Kari Lake, has notified Congress she's ending funding for the Hungarian Service of RFE/RL (which was launched in the first Trump administration), alleging it has been trying to destabilize the authoritarian Orban regime.
In July 2025, Dobropillia was still alive though on the frontline.
In August, Russian troops broke through, advancing via nearby villages toward the Dobropillia-Kramatorsk highway.
Now, only about 1500 residents remain amid widespread destruction.
Photo: Serhiy Nuzhnenko (RFE/RL)
In August, Russian troops broke through, advancing via nearby villages toward the Dobropillia-Kramatorsk highway.
Now, only about 1500 residents remain amid widespread destruction.
Photo: Serhiy Nuzhnenko (RFE/RL)
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
In July 2025, Dobropillia was still alive though on the frontline.
In August, Russian troops broke through, advancing via nearby villages toward the Dobropillia-Kramatorsk highway.
Now, only about 1500 residents remain amid widespread destruction.
Photo: Serhiy Nuzhnenko (RFE/RL)
In August, Russian troops broke through, advancing via nearby villages toward the Dobropillia-Kramatorsk highway.
Now, only about 1500 residents remain amid widespread destruction.
Photo: Serhiy Nuzhnenko (RFE/RL)
#RailwayForEveryone #ScotRail
November update (yellow=recent)
-> scotlandsrailway.com/about-us/rfe
Info: john.lauder@networkrail.co.uk
@edi.bike @transform.scot @nigelbagshaw.bsky.social @railfuture.bsky.social @sw20.info @networkrailscot.bsky.social @harryjwilliams.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social
November update (yellow=recent)
-> scotlandsrailway.com/about-us/rfe
Info: john.lauder@networkrail.co.uk
@edi.bike @transform.scot @nigelbagshaw.bsky.social @railfuture.bsky.social @sw20.info @networkrailscot.bsky.social @harryjwilliams.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
#RailwayForEveryone #ScotRail
November update (yellow=recent)
-> scotlandsrailway.com/about-us/rfe
Info: john.lauder@networkrail.co.uk
@edi.bike @transform.scot @nigelbagshaw.bsky.social @railfuture.bsky.social @sw20.info @networkrailscot.bsky.social @harryjwilliams.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social
November update (yellow=recent)
-> scotlandsrailway.com/about-us/rfe
Info: john.lauder@networkrail.co.uk
@edi.bike @transform.scot @nigelbagshaw.bsky.social @railfuture.bsky.social @sw20.info @networkrailscot.bsky.social @harryjwilliams.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social
Thanks partly to those media outlets trump is now defunding - Voice of America and RL/RFE - we knew what had happened in Hungary in 1956. By "we" I mean people who cared to learn beyond soviet propaganda.
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Thanks partly to those media outlets trump is now defunding - Voice of America and RL/RFE - we knew what had happened in Hungary in 1956. By "we" I mean people who cared to learn beyond soviet propaganda.
The PDCA First Monday Forum looks at the struggle to save America's voices to the world via USAGM broadcasting (including the Voice of America, RFE/RL and Radio Free Asia). The main speakers are two ex VOA White House bureau chiefs: me & Patsy Widakuswara. publicdiplomacy.org/news_mana... #SaveVOA
November 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The PDCA First Monday Forum looks at the struggle to save America's voices to the world via USAGM broadcasting (including the Voice of America, RFE/RL and Radio Free Asia). The main speakers are two ex VOA White House bureau chiefs: me & Patsy Widakuswara. publicdiplomacy.org/news_mana... #SaveVOA
The PDCA First Monday Forum looks at the struggle to save America's voices to the world via USAGM broadcasting (including the Voice of America, RFE/RL and Radio Free Asia). The main speakers are two ex VOA White House bureau chiefs: me & Patsy Widakuswara […]
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November 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The PDCA First Monday Forum looks at the struggle to save America's voices to the world via USAGM broadcasting (including the Voice of America, RFE/RL and Radio Free Asia). The main speakers are two ex VOA White House bureau chiefs: me & Patsy Widakuswara […]
[Original post on journa.host]
[Original post on journa.host]
RFE071 – Was die Welt erzählt
Was die Welt erzählt wissen wir natürlich nicht, aber dafür hat sich Alex wieder einen Gast-Ertruser ins Studio geholt. Zusammen mit Thomas aka Dalaimoc (auf dem RFE-Discord), geht es darum, dass große PHÖNIX Finale vorzubereiten. Dafür besprechen die beiden zweimal…
Was die Welt erzählt wissen wir natürlich nicht, aber dafür hat sich Alex wieder einen Gast-Ertruser ins Studio geholt. Zusammen mit Thomas aka Dalaimoc (auf dem RFE-Discord), geht es darum, dass große PHÖNIX Finale vorzubereiten. Dafür besprechen die beiden zweimal…
RFE071 – Was die Welt erzählt
Was die Welt erzählt wissen wir natürlich nicht, aber dafür hat sich Alex wieder einen Gast-Ertruser ins Studio geholt. Zusammen mit Thomas aka Dalaimoc (auf dem RFE-Discord), geht es darum, dass große PHÖNIX Finale vorzubereiten. Dafür besprechen die beiden zweimal Kai Hirdt (3343 Fremde Freunde und 3344 Schneller als der Tod) und den neues Andreas Eschbach Gastroman "Der 50-Jahres-Plan". Während Kai Hirdt damit beschäftigt ist, die Ereignisse in der Agolei, also am Zyklon-Wall und im Wyco-System auf die Spitze zu treiben, muss Andreas Eschbach auslöffeln, was er sich am letzten Perry Rhodan Online-Abend eingebrockt hat.
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November 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
RFE071 – Was die Welt erzählt
Was die Welt erzählt wissen wir natürlich nicht, aber dafür hat sich Alex wieder einen Gast-Ertruser ins Studio geholt. Zusammen mit Thomas aka Dalaimoc (auf dem RFE-Discord), geht es darum, dass große PHÖNIX Finale vorzubereiten. Dafür besprechen die beiden zweimal…
Was die Welt erzählt wissen wir natürlich nicht, aber dafür hat sich Alex wieder einen Gast-Ertruser ins Studio geholt. Zusammen mit Thomas aka Dalaimoc (auf dem RFE-Discord), geht es darum, dass große PHÖNIX Finale vorzubereiten. Dafür besprechen die beiden zweimal…
"Other NATO members will provide troops to fill the void created by the departure of US soldiers from Romania, the country's Foreign Minister Oana Toiu told @rferl.org.web.brid.gy , leaving the alliance with a 'stronger' presence."
www.rferl.org/a/romanian-f...
www.rferl.org/a/romanian-f...
October 31, 2025 at 10:11 AM
"Other NATO members will provide troops to fill the void created by the departure of US soldiers from Romania, the country's Foreign Minister Oana Toiu told @rferl.org.web.brid.gy , leaving the alliance with a 'stronger' presence."
www.rferl.org/a/romanian-f...
www.rferl.org/a/romanian-f...
🚨 Event alert ‼️ Public Diplomacy Council of America will look at the past year's struggle to keep on air America's voice to the world via VOA, RFE/RL, Radio Martí, and RFA. Speaker: former VOA journalist @newsguy.bsky.social Mon 11/3 at noon at GWU's Lindner Family Commons. Register 👇
Public Diplomacy Council of America
The event will take place at noon at GWU's Lindner Family Commons (1957 E Street, NW, Room 602, Washington, D.C. 20052) and will also be available via Zoom. For those who arrive before 11:40 a.m., a light lunch will be provided.
To register to attend in-person, click here.
To register to watch the Forum via Zoom, click here.
The First Monday Forum is co-sponsored by PDCA and its partners the GWU Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication and the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy
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October 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🚨 Event alert ‼️ Public Diplomacy Council of America will look at the past year's struggle to keep on air America's voice to the world via VOA, RFE/RL, Radio Martí, and RFA. Speaker: former VOA journalist @newsguy.bsky.social Mon 11/3 at noon at GWU's Lindner Family Commons. Register 👇
A leaked 12-point peace plan backed by pro-Ukraine EU states would freeze the war and ban Ukraine from fighting for its land—RFE/RL
But it rewards Russia and appears to assume that Putin will magically stop fighting and hand over control of the occupied areas.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/30/s...
But it rewards Russia and appears to assume that Putin will magically stop fighting and hand over control of the occupied areas.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/30/s...
Stop fighting now, talk borders later: RFE/RL uncovers EU’s hush-hush plan to lock the Russia-Ukraine war in place
The first phase would freeze the frontline and bar Ukrainian offensives, with negotiations on territorial governance deferred to the next phase
euromaidanpress.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A leaked 12-point peace plan backed by pro-Ukraine EU states would freeze the war and ban Ukraine from fighting for its land—RFE/RL
But it rewards Russia and appears to assume that Putin will magically stop fighting and hand over control of the occupied areas.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/30/s...
But it rewards Russia and appears to assume that Putin will magically stop fighting and hand over control of the occupied areas.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/30/s...
In Ukraine, A Rare Moment Of Joy For Young Organ Recipients
“Every day we hoped that Solomia would get a kidney,” her mother, Oksana Fomenyuk, told RFE/RL. “But on July 8, it wasn't the kidney that arrived, but a Russian missile.”
www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-ch...
“Every day we hoped that Solomia would get a kidney,” her mother, Oksana Fomenyuk, told RFE/RL. “But on July 8, it wasn't the kidney that arrived, but a Russian missile.”
www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-ch...
In Ukraine, A Rare Moment Of Joy For Young Organ Recipients
Ukrainian families recently gathered for a “Breakfast of Gratitude” with doctors who performed organ transplants on critically ill children. Some of the kids had endured life-saving surgeries just as air strikes were falling on Kyiv.
www.rferl.org
October 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In Ukraine, A Rare Moment Of Joy For Young Organ Recipients
“Every day we hoped that Solomia would get a kidney,” her mother, Oksana Fomenyuk, told RFE/RL. “But on July 8, it wasn't the kidney that arrived, but a Russian missile.”
www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-ch...
“Every day we hoped that Solomia would get a kidney,” her mother, Oksana Fomenyuk, told RFE/RL. “But on July 8, it wasn't the kidney that arrived, but a Russian missile.”
www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-ch...
EU Sanctions Prison Medic Exposed by OCCRP, RFE/RL, as Torturing Ukrainian POWs
EU Sanctions Prison Medic Exposed by OCCRP, RFE/RL, as Torturing Ukrainian POWs
The identity of Ilya Sorokin, known to prisoners as “Dr. Evil” for his cruelty and denial of medical treatment, was uncovered by OCCRP reporters in an investigation published in July. Sorokin was...
www.occrp.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
EU Sanctions Prison Medic Exposed by OCCRP, RFE/RL, as Torturing Ukrainian POWs
A certain contender and likely lock for #5debutalbums8084. This 1983 slab was not my entry point for them, as I first got Reckoning in 1984 (and still love it a bit more) with this one next (which I knew from RFE). #johnsvinyl #nowplaying 1/2
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A certain contender and likely lock for #5debutalbums8084. This 1983 slab was not my entry point for them, as I first got Reckoning in 1984 (and still love it a bit more) with this one next (which I knew from RFE). #johnsvinyl #nowplaying 1/2
our DHS, our NIH, our CDC, our Library of Congress, our pillars of what made the best of our democracy, to our world presence & leadership thru RFE and USAID, to our Constitution, to the rule of law.
October 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
our DHS, our NIH, our CDC, our Library of Congress, our pillars of what made the best of our democracy, to our world presence & leadership thru RFE and USAID, to our Constitution, to the rule of law.
Danke nochmals an die EU, dass sie Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty am Leben erhalten.
www.npr.org/2025/05/21/g...
www.npr.org/2025/05/21/g...
October 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Danke nochmals an die EU, dass sie Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty am Leben erhalten.
www.npr.org/2025/05/21/g...
www.npr.org/2025/05/21/g...
Thanks to RFE/RL for the interview on Chinese space intelligence support to the Russian military in Ukraine. Details are scant but I hope it's useful context for thinking about the mundanity (but probably valuable) ISR support the Russians are getting from the Chinese. w/ @julianasuess.bsky.social
Are China's Spy Satellites A Lifeline For Russia's Struggling Space Intelligence?
The Kremlin has denied that China is providing it with battlefield information, saying it has its own satellites. But experts suggest that, in fact, Russia has a dire need for Chinese assistance.
www.rferl.org
October 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Thanks to RFE/RL for the interview on Chinese space intelligence support to the Russian military in Ukraine. Details are scant but I hope it's useful context for thinking about the mundanity (but probably valuable) ISR support the Russians are getting from the Chinese. w/ @julianasuess.bsky.social
Six months in the making, finally out in indie stores all over TODAY! What a collaborative journey with major thanks to our new friends at RFE/RL (Prague and DC), original producer Mitch Easter, main man on the remix Jacknife Lee, & the team at Craft Recordings. More here:
ffm.to/remrfe2025
ffm.to/remrfe2025
October 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Six months in the making, finally out in indie stores all over TODAY! What a collaborative journey with major thanks to our new friends at RFE/RL (Prague and DC), original producer Mitch Easter, main man on the remix Jacknife Lee, & the team at Craft Recordings. More here:
ffm.to/remrfe2025
ffm.to/remrfe2025
According to RFE/RL, during the Oct 4 protests in Georgia, journalists’ drones lost control and people’s phones showed false GPS locations near Tbilisi airport — a Russian-style spoofing tactic likely meant to disrupt protest coverage.
Such interference could also threaten aviation safety.
Such interference could also threaten aviation safety.
October 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
According to RFE/RL, during the Oct 4 protests in Georgia, journalists’ drones lost control and people’s phones showed false GPS locations near Tbilisi airport — a Russian-style spoofing tactic likely meant to disrupt protest coverage.
Such interference could also threaten aviation safety.
Such interference could also threaten aviation safety.
probably part and parcel, plus the Cubans are desperate
RFE has them at 5k in VRSF now, allegedly 20k waiting to sign up
www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukr...
RFE has them at 5k in VRSF now, allegedly 20k waiting to sign up
www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukr...
Who’s Recruiting Cubans To Fight In Ukraine? A Travel Agent In Provincial Russia For One.
Thousands of Cubans have been recruited to travel to Russia—and many have ended up fighting in Ukraine, possibly under false pretenses. A 41-year-old, multi-lingual travel agent from Russian provincial city is among those involved in a shady recruitment network, Systema found.
www.rferl.org
October 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
probably part and parcel, plus the Cubans are desperate
RFE has them at 5k in VRSF now, allegedly 20k waiting to sign up
www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukr...
RFE has them at 5k in VRSF now, allegedly 20k waiting to sign up
www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukr...