Russian 'Propaganda Machine' Selects Kansas City As Its Second Radio Broadcast Site

Russia-controlled Radio Sputnik has been on the air in Washington, D.C., since 2017. Now, the Kremlin is paying $324,000 to broadcast its programming in the heartland for three years. (kcur)

Early this month, a radio station based in Liberty, Missouri, signed a three-year deal to broadcast Radio Sputnik across Kansas City.

The organization, Rossiya Segodnya, hopes to restore a “fair attitude to Russia in every country in the world,” according to court records. Ferolito told KCUR he is simply a businessman who conducted an arms-length transaction and became “caught in the middle of a political issue.” Ferolito sued the DOJ through his company, RM Broadcasting, arguing that he shouldn’t have to register under FARA. A federal judge, and Ferolito last year began to publicly disclose his transactions with Rossiya Segodnya.

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