Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Independent journalist escapes Russia, seeks asylum in USBy Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Published Nov. 26, 2014 at 1:53 pm The US flag flies in front of the US Capitol dome on Dec. 24, 2008 in Washington, DC. Photo by AFPThe editor-in-chief of an independent Russian news website says he will seek political asylum in the United States. Read the story here.