Headline in The Moscow Times:

‘Today We Celebrate’: Kremlin and Russian Propaganda Rejoice as Trump Guts RFE/RL, VOA

Moscow is elated by President Donald Trump’s moves to gut U.S.-funded media outlets Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Voice of America, high-ranking Russian officials and diplomats told The Moscow Times.

Two current and two former Russian officials told The Moscow Times that these outlets’ reporting had created serious problems for Kremlin propaganda, damaging Moscow’s influence in the post-Soviet region.

Trump’s administration over the weekend started laying off staff at VOA and other broadcasters including RFE/RL after freezing their funding.