Dec 30 Watch 3:37 News Wrap: Protests erupt in Moscow over Navalny conviction By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, protests against Russian President Vladimir Putin erupted in Moscow after leading activist Alexei Navalny was convicted of fraud. Also, the UN Security Council voted against a resolution offered by Palestinians to end Israeli control in… Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch 2:54 News Wrap: Putin vows West won’t ‘defang’ Russia By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed confidence that his nation’s economy and currency would recover in the next two years and vowed that the West would never “defang” Russia. Also, Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch 6:29 Does economic turbulence hurt Putin’s power? – Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch 2:12 Sanctions, cheap oil take toll on Russia’s struggling currency – Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch 6:01 How the Kremlin uses TV to shape Russian political ‘reality’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 16 Obama criticizes Putin for not adhering to cease-fire By Julie Pace, Associated Press President Barack Obama on Sunday bluntly accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of not living up to a cease-fire agreement in Ukraine, but offered no new plans for how the West might change his calculus. Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch Is Putin intentionally provoking the West? By PBS News Hour Following a growing list of aggressive moves made by Russia against the West, what is Putin's plan? Kimberly Marten, a Russian scholar and professor at Barnard College and Columbia University joins Hari Sreenivasan to provide insight into what may be… Continue watching
Nov 11 Obama, Putin circle each other warily in China By Josh Lederman, Associated Press BEIJING -- On the surface, President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin were all niceties -- a pat on the back here, a pleasantry there. But away from the cameras, the two leaders circled each other warily at a… Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch Ukrainian separatist rebels elect new leaders for breakaway republic By PBS News Hour Separatists held an election in the breakaway regions of Eastern Ukraine on Sunday, asserting their independence from Kiev. Ukrainian officials denounced the vote, saying it was in direct violation of an agreement with Russia. Judy Woodruff gets views on the… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch Ukraine’s prime minister on obstacles to meaningful peace with Russia By PBS News Hour Continue watching