Feb 12 Watch 2:31 Minsk deal offers 'glimmer of hope' amid major obstacles for Ukraine, Russia By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch 4:35 U.S. unity with Europe vital to pressuring Russia on Ukraine By PBS News Hour President Obama and Germany’s leader Angela Merkel showed unity in their support for an end to fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels, but there have been signs of a rift over whether to send arms to the Ukrainian government. Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch 3:22 Obama leaves open the option of arming Ukraine if diplomacy and sanctions fail By PBS News Hour German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with President Obama to discuss how to defuse fighting on the Ukrainian border. While Merkel has warned that adding more weapons to the equation would simply escalate the war, Obama said arming Ukrainian forces will… Continue watching
Jan 08 Lithuanian activists fight 'Kremlin propaganda' with stickers of beetles By Ruth Tam In Lithuania, consumers are fighting Russian propaganda with a little of their own --in sticker form. Continue reading
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