Voice of Russia Radio Launches New U.S. Stations, Delivering Russian News & Perspective to Americans

Voice of Russia Radio Launches New U.S. Stations, Delivering Russian News & Perspective to Americans

Washington D.C. Station Announces Launch with Panel Discussion Focusing on the Changing Face of Public Diplomacy in Russia - U.S. Relations

WASHINGTON -- The Voice of Russia (VOR) Radio announces two U.S. stations: 1430 AM New York and 1390 AM Washington, D.C. marking the first time VOR will produce programming and broadcast directly from the United States rather than broadcasting news from the Moscow-based radio program. Leading up to Russia Day, a day of national celebrating commemorating the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russia Federation, VOR is hosting a panel discussion with U.S.-Russian diplomacy experts on Thursday, June 9, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

WHO: Voice of Russia Radio hosts a panel discussion with U.S.-Russian diplomacy experts to celebrate launch of two U.S.-based radio stations:

-- Angela Stent, the Director for the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East
European Studies at Georgetown University
-- Andrei Bystritsky, Chairman, Voice of Russia
-- Joseph Duffey, former Director of the United States Information Agency
-- Thomas Graham, former senior director at the National Security Council
for Russia
-- Rudiger Lentz, former Washington Bureau Chief and Senior Diplomatic
Correspondent for Deutsche Welle

WHAT: Apanel discussion "From The Cold War to the Reset: The Changing Face of Public Diplomacy in Russia - U.S. Relations" exploring:

-- How Russia and the U.S. now approach public diplomacy not as an
ideological/propaganda effort but as a way of explaining their
perspectives?
-- Why is Voice of Russia opening a studio in Washington with American
broadcasters and programming?
-- What are the similarities and differences between the objectives of the
Voice of Russia and the Voice of America?
-- How are these efforts received by the in country audiences?

WHEN: Thursday, June 9, 2011

9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

WHERE: The National Press Club

The Lisagor Room, 13(th) Floor

529 14(th) Street NW

Washington, D.C. 20045

CONTACT: Media needs to RSVP to: Christy Moran (703) 299-2602 or cmoran@webermerritt.com

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- June 8, 2011/

SOURCE Voice of Russia Radio

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