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“There have been concerns from within the BBC that Russian and Chinese state media are spending an ‘eyewatering’ £8bn a year, compared with the World Service’s £400m budget … There is also evidence that Russia has been targeting former World Service audiences where budget cuts have forced the BBC to retreat. When the BBC’s Arabic radio service withdrew from Lebanon, its radio frequency was taken over by the state-owned Russian Sputnik Radio.” —SC
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