The root of the problem, Mr Morozov argues, is that Western policymakers see an all-too-neat parallel with the role that radio propaganda and photocopiers may have played in undermining the Soviet Union.

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Together with its sister station Radio Liberty (RL), which performs the same service for millions in the Soviet Union news and commentary are provided in twenty-three languages.

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We could, belated though it may be, engage in serious radio broadcasting into Iran, just as we once broadcast into the Soviet Union and its satellite nations during the Cold War.

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