Fear of War in Ukraine – Power Struggle for the Sea of Asov
(DEUTSCHE WELLE) On the eve of presidential elections in Ukraine, the power struggle on the Sea of Asov is coming to a head. The Sea of Asov borders both Ukraine…
Inside Gosha Rubchinskiy’s Post-Soviet Generation
(i-D) In this episode of Global Street Style, i-D heads to Russia for exclusive backstage access to Gosha Rubchinskiy’s spring/summer 18 show in St. Petersburg, and to meet the prolific…
GAYCATION’s Ian Daniel Discusses Chechnya’s LGBT Crisis
(VICE) With the situation for LGBTQ Russians becoming increasingly dire under president Vladimir Putin – and the Chechnya region’s recent rise in homophobia – VICELAND’s Ian Daniel met with Russian-American…
Age of Delirium
(DAVID SATTER) Age of Delirium,” a documentary by David Satter, tells the story of the fall of the Soviet Union as lived and experienced by the Soviet people. Satter’s film…
Kyiv’s Creative Revolution – Maidan Dreaming
(DEUTSCHE WELLE) Ukraine’s Maidan spirit is being kept alive by a new creative scene in Kyiv, as musicians, fashion designers and artists shake off their Soviet image. Techno raves and…
Armenia: Life in a Suitcase
(AL JAZEERA) As the Armenian economy continues to struggle, as do its people. Over a third of the country’s population lives under the poverty line and the price of common…
Do Belarusians Finally Reclaim Their Own Language? Hope to Resuscitate National Identity as a Whole
(UKRAINE TODAY) We’re on our way to a secret location just outside the Belarus capital Minsk. In this nondescript small-storey building is a makeshift school where all the classes are…
On the Road of Armenia
(CNN) CNN has taken a glimpse into the life of modern-day Armenia as part of its latest On the Road series broadcast over the weekend. A documentary presented on CNN…
Eurovision’s Dirty Secret (Azerbaijan)
(BBC PANORAMA) Panorama goes undercover inside Azerbaijan, the host country of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, to discover the extraordinary truth about this secretive country and its approach to the…