Radio Liberty Case in Moscow Region: Unauthorized Broadcast and Bankruptcy Proceedings

In the Moscow region, authorities revealed the discovery of a radio amateur who organized a homemade broadcast for Radio Liberty. The organization had already been placed on the Justice Ministry’s foreign agents list. This information comes from DEA News, citing CSS in Moscow and the Moscow region. The Ministry stated that officers stopped the suspect’s unlawful activities, noting that a Russian citizen operating the illegal publication of media content on the Moscow Region territory, which was included in the Register of Foreign Representations, had been identified and halted. The action halted the makeshift broadcast and restricted the periodic dissemination of materials in Lyubertsy to compliance with the Attorney General’s Office request. The broadcaster was subsequently classified as having committed an administrative offense under the statute that governs the use of the radio frequency spectrum. Earlier in the year, the capital arbitration court ruled that Radio Liberty’s Russian section had entered bankruptcy. In August of the previous year, the court initiated an initial bankruptcy procedure against Radio Liberty’s Russian division following a filing by the Moscow Federal Tax Service inspectorate due to outstanding tax obligations for the radio station.