World Mar 28 Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Ukraine and the West: ‘Don’t push us into the corner’ President Biden on Monday stood by his comments over the weekend that Russia's Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power" as Ukraine President Zelensky said he was open to discussing neutrality for his nation in exchange for a ceasefire. Special correspondent…
World Mar 18 How Western sanctions are affecting the lives of Russians The sanctions leveled against Russia by the U.S. and its allies are the harshest ever handed down, and their effects are being felt widely in Russia. Special correspondent Ryan Chilcote reports from Moscow on how the lives of Russians are…
World Mar 15 Russians protest fighting in Ukraine as Moscow asks China for military assistance As some Russians protest the conflict in Ukraine a former senior Kremlin official has criticized the operations there. This comes after an employee of Russian state television on Monday interrupted a live newscast to demonstrate against the fighting and amid…
World Mar 11 How Russia views the situation in Ukraine and the price exacted by Western sanctions President Biden and other leaders of the so-called G-7 on Friday revoked Russia's "most favored nation" trade status, which will allow for large tariffs on Russian exports. This as Russia further cracked down on access to social media in the…
World Mar 07 How sanctions are impacting Russia’s energy sector With the price of crude oil and natural gas reaching near-record levels and the possibility of more sanctions we take a closer look at Russia's energy sector and a wider view of what is happening on the ground. NewsHour Special…
World Mar 04 As Russia assaults Ukraine, the government tightens its grip on information about the war As Russia continues its assault on Ukraine, it’s increasingly using harsh tactics to control information about the war at home. Russia has banned Facebook, while also passing a law that could jail journalists and others for promulgating "fake news" about…
World Mar 03 Putin regime cracks down on independent media in Russia An intensifying crackdown by the Putin regime is underway against any forms of dissent in Moscow. NewsHour Special Correspondent Ryan Chilcote was in the newsroom of a leading independent media outlet in Russia that has now been silenced by the…
World Mar 02 Spilling into streets and city squares, Russian citizens protest the war in Ukraine Russian citizens by the thousands are protesting the war in Ukraine at great personal risk to themselves as the Putin government cracks down on all kinds of dissent. NewsHour Special Correspondent Ryan Chilcote reports from Moscow, and Judy Woodruff speaks…
World Jan 29 Analysis: What Alexey Navalny means for Russia in 2021 The show of support and Navalny’s newfound recognition is Russia’s biggest political development of the year, and the anger beneath it could bubble and reverberate for months, even years to come, with parliamentary elections and a presidential race looming.
World Jul 14 How the UK is reopening amid COVID-19 — and what the U.S. can learn The United Kingdom is entering a new phase of reopening after more than three months in lockdown. Hair salons, movie theaters and the all-important English pubs can finally do business again. The key question now: How will the government get…