Dec 06 Watch Protesters Allege Manipulation, Rigging in Russia's Parliamentary Elections Protests in Russia continued for a second day Tuesday over Sunday's parliamentary elections. The ruling United Russia party received nearly 50 percent of the vote, but protesters allege vote-rigging and manipulation skewed the results. Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News… Continue watching
Dec 05 What's Souring Russian Voters' Views of the Ruling Party? By Larisa Epatko The failure of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's once-dominant political party to eke out a majority in Russian parliamentary elections over the weekend shows a growing disillusionment with the country's problems with the economy and corruption, some analysts say. Continue reading
Nov 08 Russia's Shrinking Population Mars Putin's Superpower Ambitions By Talea Miller Despite Vladimir Putin's efforts to encourage population growth in Russia, women have too few children and Russian men are dying young. Continue reading
Sep 26 Watch What Will Medvedev-Putin Swap Mean for U.S.-Russia Relations? Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced plans to swap roles in 2012. Margeret Warner discusses what this move might mean for relations between the United States and Russia with Angela Stent of Georgetown University and Dmitri… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch Russian Finance Minister Fired Over Criticism of Putin, Medvedev Job Swap Longtime Russian Finance Minister Alexeli Kudrin was fired Monday after he criticized the announcement that President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin plan to swap roles in 2012. Margret Warner reports. Continue watching
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