Programs were edited in Moscow in English, Arabic, Finnish, French, Greek, German, Italian, Serbian, Slovenian and Turkish.
[1][2] RPP was established in 1964 as a Soviet answer to the American Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty[3] and ceased broadcasting in May 1991.
The ″public″ (as opposed to government or party) organizations which sponsored RPP broadcasts included three of the creative unions in the Soviet Union (journalists, writers, composers), Novosti news agency, the Union of Societies of Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, the Znaniye Society (a lecture and public information organization), the Soviet Peace Committee, the Committee of Youth Organisations, and the Soviet Women's Committee.
[5] Languages offered by both RPP and Radio Moscow: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Mongolian, Persian, Portuguese, Spanish.
Languages covered by RPP, but not by Radio Moscow: Azerbaijani, Creole, Guarani, Hebrew, Yiddish.