The Voice of Russia is the Russian government's international radio broadcasting service. When it started on 29 October 1929 (as Radio Moscow), it became the first radio station to broadcast internationally. It broadcasts on short and medium waves, in the FM band, via satellite, internet and through global mobile communications network. The Voice of Russia provides a convenient and democratic channel to obtain information about Russia. In 2003 VOR was among the major international radio broadcasters to launch daily broadcasts to Europe in Digital Radio Mondale. At its peak, Radio Moscow broadcast in over 70 languages using transmitters in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union), Eastern Europe, and Cuba. The Voice of Russia currently broadcasts to 160 countries in 38 languages.
In 1943, the Voice of Russia first broadcasts a program in the Bengali Language. Though, the Bengali service stopped Shortwave Radio Broadcasting on 29th March 2009. Though, there is an online version of the service available. The website features Audio, Image and Video Sections, as well as daily updated news. The website also features a daily radio program for 30 minutes. Apart from the News Analysis, it broadcasts programs such as Bondhuder Club (Friend’s Club), Ghore Baire (Travel and Living), Islam and Muslim (Islamic Topics), and Russia O Bharotiyo Upomohadesh (Russia and Indian Sub-continent).
In the beginning, Promoth Dutta was the announcer for The Voice of Russia Bangla. Afterward, Harandra Lal Dutta (Nickname: Jack Liton) became the announcer. In that time, a Russian Maria Alizarova also worked there as an announcer, who knew the Bengali Language. Some notable people worked for the service are Binoy Rai, Mira Dasgupta, Gopen Chakrabarty, Ranjit Bosu, and Sunil Das Gupta. Currently, there are 6 people work for the Voice of Russia Bangla. Among them, Rothindronath Chattapadhay is working there for more than 35 years.
