By Helle Dale
As Russian tanks rolled across his country, an exhausted, retreating Georgian soldier was overheard asking, "Where are our friends?" One thing's for sure: They weren't on the air. Only days before the conflict -- and for the first time in 60 years -- the Voice of America's Russian-language radio programming had fallen silent. Meanwhile, Kremlin-controlled media outlets filled the news and information void.
As Russian tanks rolled across his country, an exhausted, retreating Georgian soldier was overheard asking, "Where are our friends?" One thing's for sure: They weren't on the air. Only days before the conflict -- and for the first time in 60 years -- the Voice of America's Russian-language radio programming had fallen silent. Meanwhile, Kremlin-controlled media outlets filled the news and information void.
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