BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

1700-1900 15755 15755 Irkutsk 250 fr Nov 10
1700-1900 6170 6170 P.Kamchatk. 250 fr Nov 10
RUSSIAN-WS Asia
1600-1700 7125 7125 P.Kamchatk. 250 fr Nov 01
1600-1700 6170 6170 P.Kamchatk. 250 fr Nov 10
JAPANESE Asia
1200-1400 6170 6170 Novosibirsk 250 til Nov 10 only
Russian-CIS Caucasus / CIS
0700-1400 1089 Krasnodar 1200 fr 17 Nov-31 Dec
(B-08; Nov 6, Vadim Alexeew, VoR Russian world sce, DX programme editor
via Michael Bethge-D wwdxc BC-DX TopNews;
TX location updated and compressed by wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 21)
GINBOT 7 RADIO via Samara?; 12120. Personal e-mail from "G7 Org" in 4
days. No data, but it includes my reception report. And it includes, "We
are a group that is trying to bring about Change in Ethiopia. We were
watching enviously the last few days as you democratically elected your
new president. It was absolutely beautiful to see the 'losing' candidate
give a reconcilatory concession speech!!! So we are all inspired and YES
we bring about change in Ethiopia toooooooo".
Report sent to, and verie received from,
(Wendel Craighead-KS-USA, DXplorer Nov 7)
THE VOICE OF RUSSIA SPEAKS KURDISH
The Voice of Russia radio station began broadcasting in Kurdish in Iraqi
Kurdistan yesterday. Station spokesmen say the new project is nonpolitical
and its goal is to bring the Russian and Kurdish people closer together.
Analysts say that the project has an obvious political nature and that it
is a means of advancing Russian interests in Kurdistan and throughout the
Middle East.
The Voice of Russia had considered a Kurdish service for several years,
but funding restriction had prevented its implementation until now. The
station's director of regional broadcasts Mikhail Baryshev told Kommersant
that a daily one-hour shortwave broadcast in Kurdish premiered in May of
this year. Yesterday was the first broadcast on the FM band. Broadcast
originate in Erbil, Sulaimaniya, Kirkuk and Dohuk, Iraq. The broadcasts
will be two hours long and will air in the mornings and evenings.
Baryshev said each broadcast will consist of news, a discussion of Russian
foreign policy, especially in the Middle East, and informational programs
about Russia.
"Unfortunately, in many regions, and particularly in Iraqi Kurdistan,
people do not find out about Russia's policies first hand," Baryshev said.
"Frequently that information is distorted. We will try to correct that
situation." The organizers of the project deny any underlying political
goals, however. "We are mostly carrying out a humanitarian mission,"
deputy general director of the All-Russia State Television and Radio
Broadcasting Corp. Andrey Bystritsky told Kommersant in reference to the
new broadcasts.
Observers say the broadcasts are part of a political project launched by
the Russian consul in Erbil a year ago to raise Russia's role in the
region. Kurdistan is Iraq's only stable region. It is rich in oil and has
attracted many foreign companies. Baghdad has given the region
considerable autonomy, and the region, which is at the crossroads of the