ABOUT MT

The MT~Newswire™ and MoscowTelegraph.com are  leading English-language web-based news and information service focusing on developments in Russia, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. First launched in 2000, MT has  emerged to occupy a prominent position in the Russian and international  media markets as an English language publication, covering main events in Russia and newly independent countries of the former USSR.  In the past five years MT has earned the respect of its readers thanks to the precise, reliable, and independent information published in its pages. It is an invaluable research tool for Russia-watchers worldwide.

MT web pages are updated daily with the latest contents of RFE/RL Newsline®, a daily web news report of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty^*, based on news gathered by the correspondents, services and regional specialists of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.  In the distinguished tradition of the RFE/RL Daily Report and the OMRI Daily Digest, RFE/RL Newsline is prepared five times a week by a group of specialists on the region and is available free via email. RFE/RL Newsline draws on the enormous news gathering and processing researches of RFE/RL's 25 broadcast services and their more than 2000 correspondents in the region. RFE/RL Newsline will provide more immediate and accurate information about events in these countries than virtually any other source.MT also searches for and links latest news, information and analysis on newsworthy events in Russia and Eastern Europe from other prominent news sources, such as the Voice of America, Reuters®, Bloomberg®, and leading Russian media. 

In addition, MT publishes its own original reports, analysis and op-eds prepared by our independent reporters, editors and contributors worldwide. MT contributors include some of the more prominent American-Russian reporters, legal, political and business experts. Thanks to MT's close working relationship with American Russian Law Institute, an international  not-for-profit tax exempt public policy research and advisory organization, we can draw upon ARLI's vast information and analytical resources  MT is also affiliated with the New:Life Radio™, a Russian language broadcast service operating in the New York area on 620 AM frequency. 

At the present time MT is preparing to launch Russian language web radio and TV broadcast service, which will be available to MT readers and visitors on our web pages. 
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