From 19th May 2008 Voice of Russia started a transmission in Kurdish language. Programs are transmitted daily from 1600-1700 UTC on the following frequencies:1314 kHz (Yerevan, 1000 kW) - instead Russian International Radio to Central Asia
5925 kHz (Novosibirsk, 250 kW) - instead of Arabic language program
7325 kHz (Krasnodar, 100 kW) - instead of Arabic language program
(Vadim Alexeev-RUS VoRUS, thanks via translation by Mauno Ritola-FIN; wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20/BC-DX #861 via wb, Germany)