BBG Chairman Denied Entry Into Russia

The chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, NBC Universal Executive Jeff Shell, was denied entry to Russia and detained for several hours when he flew to Moscow on business this week. Shell, the chairman of the agency that oversees Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and other government broadcasters, told the New York Times that he was pulled out of the immigration line when he arrived in Moscow and detained. He said authorities asked him to sign a document in Russian, which...

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