Sep 09 In Russia, Airplane Crash Renews Focus on Airline Safety By Larisa Epatko The crash Wednesday of an airplane carrying a professional ice hockey team not only devastated the small town they represented, but reverberated well beyond sports fans into a population already shaken by a spate of recent airline accidents. Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch Remembering the Overthrow of Gorbachev, 20 Years Later Twenty years ago, the stunning overthrow of USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev by a Communist coup dominated the news. The coup eventually backfired and led to the end of the Soviet Union. Jeffrey Brown takes a look back at the last… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Mock Mission to Mars Tests Psychological Rigors of Long-Distance Space Travel Mock Mission to Mars Tests Rigors of Long-Distance Space Travel… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch ‘My Perestroika’ Reveals Personal History of Last Soviet Generation In "My Perestroika," filmmaker Robin Hessman traces the last generation raised in the Soviet Union through the eyes of five Muscovties, from childhoods filled with propaganda to life in the new Russia. The documentary is part of a series of… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch On Wednesday’s NewsHour: ‘My Perestroika’ director Robin Hessman For more, go to: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/… Continue watching
Jun 20 Photos from ‘My Perestroika,’ Then and Now By Saskia de Melker "My Perestroika," a documentary by Robin Hessman, follows five ordinary Russians who lived through extraordinary times. Borya, Olga, Andrei, Ruslan, and Lyuba reflect on their Soviet childhoods and navigate today's ever-changing post-Soviet Russia. Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch Miles in Moscow Remembers First Man in Space Hari interviews Miles, who is in Moscow on Yuri Gagarin and the first human spaceflight. Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch 11:42 Revisiting Chernobyl: A Nuclear Disaster Site of Epic Proportions By PBS News Hour The nuclear crisis in Japan has renewed interest in the 1986 nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl in Ukraine. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien travels to the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, which is approaching its 25th anniversary. Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch News Wrap: Demonstrators in Cairo Clash With Police Anti-government protesters clashed with police in Egypt's capital, hurling rocks and chanting slogans defying President Hosni Mubarak. In Russia, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed retribution for a suicide bombing Monday at Moscow's largest airport. The attack killed at least 35… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch Tajiks, Taxi Drivers Among Hardest Hit in Deadly Moscow Airport Bombing Judy Woodruff talks to Washington Post Moscow correspondent Will Englund about the deadly explosion at Domodedovo Airport's international arrivals area, which prompted increased vigilance around the city out of fear of further attacks. Continue watching