Wisner (Office of Policy Coordination, later the United States Central Intelligence Agency) to utilize the talents of post-World War II Soviet and Eastern European émigrés in support of American foreign policy. Kennan (United States Department of State) and Frank G. Radio Free Europe (RFE) and Radio Liberty (RL), originally separate organizations, were conceived by George F. RFE/RL also reaches Russian-speaking audiences in 26 countries (12 beyond the RFE/RL region) and globally via the Current Time digital television network. RFE/RL broadcasts in 27 languages in 23 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, Ukraine, and the Central Asian republics. Today, RFE/RL is one of the most comprehensive media organizations in the world, producing radio, Internet and television programs in countries where a free press is either banned by the government or not fully established. Former Estonian President Lennart Meri nominated RFE/RL for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. Many Eastern European and Russian leaders, including Vaclav Havel and Boris Yeltsin, have testified to the importance of RFE/RL broadcasts in helping end the Cold War. Established at the beginning of the Cold War to transmit uncensored news and information to audiences behind the Iron Curtain, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) played a significant role in the collapse of communism and the rise of democracies in post-communist Europe.

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