Paul Goble
Staunton, August 23 –Ekho Moskvy, an island of "freedom in an unfree country,” is now able to celebrate its 20th anniversary, its chief editor says, because it makes Russia look good to Moscow’s Western partners, because its radio audience is too small to affect elections, and because it serves as an alternative source of reliable information for the powers that be.
In an interview published in the current issue of "New Times,” Aleksey Venediktov says that these three reasons are fundamental, but he suggests that the profitability of the station for its owner, Gazprom, and his own skills as an editor committed to reporting facts rather than have warded off numerous threats to the station (newtimes.ru/articles/detail/25781).
Asked directly how he explains why the Kremlin puts up with the independence of Ekho Moskvy, Venediktov says that first ...
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