and voa in many ways it's better. i think we should be aware that we have a and if you're washington, if you go to washington at any time, please visit the voice of america building on independence avenue, 330. independence avenue is an amazing place where we broadcast in roughly 40 languages around the world, hundreds of millions of people watching or listening to voice of america broadcasts about the very about our politics, about our life, about our culture. and it is a set up by law, signed by president ford in the 1970s, the voice of america reflects all and i express that all points of view in the united states. it is not the radio station of any given administration, and that it it covers whatever issues are. there are fairly and honestly and and as a former employee of voa, i think voa takes it very seriously. and again, in my book, if you look at my book on cold war radio, you will see many examples of how the voice of america handles difficult issues, whether they were the iran-contra affair or whether they

once technology came along and the voa, there was no way that you could in any way stop people people it's available to you any language you wish at any time and my hope is that more people would pay it attention to it because i think it does try to give an interesting serious thought.ad in my time i may add, back in 1980's, broadcasting was jazz, pop music, reviews of film. it was very culture, a lot of stuff about what was happening in the united states that had very little if any political input. >> i would like to sort of follow upwh what you were -- >> you mentioned the different editorial approach of the voice of america, the willingness to admit mistakes, the willingness to report news when things did not go particularly well for us, i'm just wondering if there has been any attempt to sort of measure the impact of that particular approach on the audiences, and also how they might have measured the varsity of what was being broadcast back, obviously had an impact. >> well, there are different ways of answering that. one is the testimony if you wish of the democratic leaders in t

voa was very important, they tried to jam it. you could hardly hear it even in west germany the jamming was so strong. it was not only the american push for openness but the soviet blockheads and everybody came to associate everything they said with a lie so demonstrably obviously falsehoods and yet they persisted so you had this push/pool, very much pro-american and against the soviets. >> i would agree with you wholeheartedly. if you lived in west berlin, you might know of radio in the american sector and that was the earlier version of radio free europe. it was for east germany, for berlin, it was a german language radio station that broadcast news, broadcast what we would expect to be known and was a model for radio free europe radio liberty. i am old enough to have been in west berlin during the soviet times so i remember what that demarcated city looked like. there is your communist world on one side and your free world on the other. but i think you are absolutely right. this brings us to today's problem. the soviets were c

offered at rock concerts, they were in favor of a style which people dubbed soviet jazz, mix of russian voarld were not allowed to have any store in the soviet union because the government believed they promoted american culture. amazing, a big and tasty for just dollar. how do you do it? what's your secret? the situation was mable for many people, but the government had a plan for them, forced labor camps. those were involved in. mental and administrative corruption sometimes found themselves in those places, but most of them were busy working in the same government offices. more good, but the officials didn't pay much attention to such things, people minded their own business and the officials were... ciled with the world, then using the international loans, large scale scientific and commercial exchanges and foreign investments would be possible, but on the condition that the world was made sure the aid would be spent on the welfare of the soviet people, not on further military adventures. since 30 years ago, when stalin, the second leader of the soviet union, was permanently moved from

they were in. favor of a style which people dubbed soviet jazz, mix of russian voa along with staticeople, but the government had a plan for them, forced labor camps. those who were involved in governmental and administrative corruption sometimes found themselves in those places, but most of them were busy working in the same government offices. the situation could have been much better, if the authorities reconciled with the world, then using the international loans, large-scale scientific and commercial exchanges and foreign investments would be possible, but on the condition that the world was made sure the aid would be spent on the welfare of the soviet people. not on further military adventures. since 30 years ago, when stalin, the second leader of the soviet union, was permanently moved from the kremlin to a glass chamber. soviet politicians were gradually divided into two categories. "the first group were the communists who still believed in the principles of the revolution and the war against the us, and the second group were the reformists who demanded changes in those princ

white house national security advisor john kirby reports voa.have never said that we do not take putin's threats seriously. like when he starts swinging his... his nuke saber. so we take it seriously. we constantly monitor this activity. over the past three years , he has clearly proven that he is capable of aggression, that he can lead to escalation. kirby noted that we should not expect biden to give permission to harm ukraine yet strikes inside russia by american weapons, and added that in the matter of aid to ukraine, the united states is guided by its own calculations. i wouldn't expect it. today announcements about long-range missile strikes inside russia, there is no change in our policy on this, these are not statements we have not heard before, so we take it into account, but we have our own calculations of what to provide to ukraine and what not . meanwhile, an active pre-election campaign for the american presidential election is underway in the usa, the candidate for the post of the head of state from the republicans, donald trump, w

voa visited berkeley springs, west virginia to see what the 2024 election season is like there. yuri mamon continues. in west virginia, politics is not usually talked about much. there, the vast majority had already decided on their choice a long time ago. however, this year, enjoying the last warm days, the only thing heard on the street is the presidential election and the replacement of kameloya. she will attract a large number of women's votes, minorities will vote for her, but she has no track record, it is not clear why they should vote for her. west virginia is already a traditionally republican state, and its residents have consistently supported donald trump over the past few years, but this year voters here are a little worried. all of this makes me nervous because i'm a trump supporter, i think this year everyone who... senator djomanchyn, which became independent at the beginning of the year. he played a key role in passing major legislation for the administration of democrat biden. manchen is retiring this year, likely to be replaced by the state's governor, republi

and with that, thank you for watching voa. in ukrainian, all the best, pa-pa! discounts on bronchialik lollipops: 20% in podorozhnyk, bam and oskad pharmacies. in september, there are discounts on motorix, 10% in psyllanyk, bam and oskad pharmacies. the book women at war is a joint project of the espresso tv channel and the publishing house. hiliter, a book based on the presenter's reports of khrystyna parubiy's espresso tv channel, 20 stories, 20 fates, 20 women who defended the country. book, dedicated woman. who chose the path of fighting the enemy in the ranks of the military, women at war, look for it in bookstores of ukraine, with the support of the konstantin zhivago charitable foundation. in september, there are discounts on sinum, 10% in the pharmacies of plantain bam and ochad. september discounts on zzilorr 20% in pharmacies plantain bam and ochad. there is a war going on, and not only for territories, it is also a war for minds. we are engaged in propaganda. russia is throwing millions of petrodollars into transforming ukrainians to little russians.

thank you, lyubomyr mylnychuk, head of the lviv city organization voasvoboda, deputy head of the voan in the lviv city council. we have 7 minutes left before the end of our broadcast, and very briefly about the changes in the government from the political scientists in our studio, mr. baikovsky, we will reflect in clips, then on youtube the viewers will be able to listen to it all more carefully, what these changes are about, or something will change after them, after all. we understand that no sensationalism happened, and we will be able to show the results of our voting on youtube, how the viewers who are currently watching this broadcast voted, whether there will be any noticeable changes, as they see it, no, there will be no changes, obviously, that is, zelensky from time to time likes to shuffle his people, who are fewer and fewer in his team, if you look at those who remained from the beginning, there are almost none of them. . no, uh, obviously, well, the impression is that zelensky finds it difficult to work with certain people for a long time, that is, he wants to constantly

voa national security correspondent jeff seldin investigated the expansion spectrum of complex operationsinfluence on us voters. details in yuriy melnyk's plot. at this stage of the presidential race in the united states, efforts to sway voters to their side are in full swing. we will save our economy, we will save our middle class. it's time to turn the page. let's turn the page. but , according to us officials, russia joined the race. the inner circle of president vladimir putin, including sergei kiriyenko, ordered russian pr companies to promote disinformation and the russian state's support of the narrative as part of a program to influence the 2024 us presidential election. part of the plan, according to the us indictment, was to impersonate dozens of news websites to influence that. how american voters view important issues. another part concerned russian state broadcaster arti, who is accused of transferring nearly $10 million to an american media company. pay unwitting americans millions of dollars to deliver kremlin messages to influence us elections and undermine democracy. russ

singh was answering. to a question by ostap yarysh, a voa journalist in washington, who asked a veryquestion, even with proposal, how will it be decided, without a congress at all, that is, the answer was, she did not convince me of this answer at all, well, i will start with the fact that zabrinag does not know these nuances due to the nature of her activity, she is still engaged. another profession, so when they wrote the thesis to her, she said: in fact, the truth is that despite all the nuances of the presence of weapons, the approach was such that 6 billion was not used until october 1, the congress here is neurotic people, auditors, accountants and still counted a few billion, that is, i think their strategy is wrong now, it can was basic, correct at first for... she was wrong, they understand that anything can happen, there can be other directions, money will have to be spent, weapons will have to be had, they are pushing in such a way that if they exhaust putin, yes, on him, on him - show him every time that there are still resources, but resources are now the key word that i

time, whether discussed the issue in closed-door meetings with lawmakers in congress, all lawmakers voake to say no. and will it affect bipartisan support for ukraine? lawmakers also say no. in addition, the co-chair of the ukrainian congressional caucus, brian fiss-patrick, a republican congressman who represents the state of pennsylvania, said that he said that... in pennsylvania , it was most likely a big misunderstanding, and the absence of a speaker should not be interpreted as a decrease in aid to ukraine . in ours interests, as americans, to convince putin that he will not be able to dismember ukraine, because that would untie china's hands with taiwan. i think putin will continue the offensive, i think it is important that president zelensky argued for president biden to change the military strategy. the meeting had a positive character, it was bipartisan. supporting the success of ukraine, which i consider extremely important. i think we need to win this war. i believe that we need to protect the territorial integrity of ukraine and protect democracy. in general, legislators co

tetyana vorozhko, senior editor of voa ukrainian service, was svoboda live. well, i already mentioned that zelenskyi is accompanied to the usa not only criticism and scandals. against the backdrop of zelenskyi's trip, american president joseph biden announced the allocation of nearly $8 billion in aid to ukraine, and also personally spoke with zelenskyi about his victory plan. however, no one can reveal it at the moment... however, biden promises long-term support to ukraine. we look forward to helping ukraine succeed in the long term. as you know , better than anyone else, we, as we said at the washington summit, must support ukraine on its path to eu and nato membership and to continue the reforms aimed at fighting corruption and strengthening democracy, on which we are currently working vigorously. we must provide. ukraine has sufficient potential, i mean, sufficient potential to defend against future russian aggression. volodymyr zelensky met in the white house with kamala garis, the current vice president, candidate for the us presidency from the democra

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