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Posted on March 17, 2025
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The Kremlin views Trump's funding cut for Radio Free Europe as a US internal matter, affecting US news services like Voice of America, with over 1,300 employees impacted.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to cut financing for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is a U.S. domestic decision which does not really concern Russia, the Kremlin said on Monday.
More than 1,300 Voice of America employees were placed on leave on Saturday and funding for two U.S. news services that broadcast to authoritarian regimes was terminated, one day after Trump ordered the gutting of the government-funded media outlet's parent and six other federal agencies.
"Well, these media outlets, in fact, they can hardly be classified as popular and in demand in the Russian Federation, so it doesn't really concern us, but this is an internal decision of the U.S. administration," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Russia in February last year designated Radio Free Europe as an "undesirable organisation," a move which effectively bans an organisation outright and creates problems for anyone who interacts with it.
(Reporting by Anastasiya Lyrchikova; Writing by Gleb Stolyarov; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
The main topic is Trump's decision to cut funding for Radio Free Europe and its implications as viewed by the Kremlin.
The Kremlin considers it a US internal matter that does not concern Russia.
The funding cut led to over 1,300 Voice of America employees being placed on leave and affects US news services broadcasting to authoritarian regimes.
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