Nation Jun 12 Newly declassified files show RFK met with CIA after trip to Soviet Union By David Klepper, Associated Press
World Jan 21 Analysis: 100 years after his death, Lenin seems to be an afterthought in modern Russia A century after the death of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union is largely an afterthought in modern Russia. By Jim Heintz, Associated Press
World Jan 15 Watch 10:07 Inside Estonia’s approach in combating Russian disinformation Russian disinformation is rife in countries formerly ruled from Moscow. Some ex-Soviet states have tried to suppress it altogether by banning Russian television stations and even limiting the use of the Russian language on their own domestic channels. Special Correspondent… By Simon Ostrovsky
World Dec 28 Watch 10:18 How Russia is trying to control history in bid for geo-political strength Memorial Human Rights Center, the leading human rights organization that was closed in Russia, documented today’s Russian political prisoners, as well as past Soviet human rights atrocities. As Nick Schifrin reports, the banning of Memorial comes almost exactly 30 years… By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn
Arts Jun 05 The face of Belarus’ ‘invisible people’ In the decades since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, as the world has reckoned with the unintended effects of nuclear power, a group of people in Belarus has quietly lived out its consequences. By Corinne Segal
Jul 26 Study suggests Japan falsified whale hunting data during the 1960s By Carey Reed Japanese commercial whale fleets are accused of altering their records in the late 1960s, according to a study published recently in the journal Royal Society Open Science. Continue reading
Apr 27 Exploring Ukraine: past and present By Kristin Miller NewsHour Weekend correspondent Megan Thompson talked with five experts on Russian and Ukrainian history and politics to dig a little deeper into what tensions underlie the current conflict. Below you'll find additional writings from those experts, images from the Ukrainian… Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch What can history teach us about the unrest in Ukraine? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
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
Jun 20 Watch On Wednesday’s NewsHour: ‘My Perestroika’ director Robin Hessman For more, go to: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/… Continue watching