Out of Control: Ukraine’s Rogue Militias
(VICE) In 2014, Ukraine was under siege and the military was unprepared. Desperate, the government urged anyone to get to the front and fight the Russian-backed separatists. As the war…
The Fight Against Russia’s Growing Garbage
(DEUTSCHE WELLE) Irina is mobilizing protests against a garbage dump near Moscow – and risks being arrested. South of Moscow is the ancient city Kolomna, where the capital city has…
Russia Is Profiting Off Global Warming
(VICE) While many parts of the world are struggling from catastrophic effects of climate change, Russia is looking to capitalize on it, with the Kremlin driving a narrative that touts…
Moscow’s Empire – Rise and Fall (1/4)
(DEUTSCHE WELLE) The Soviet Union began to crumble post 1970 – and fell apart completely after 1991. The former Soviet countries were left bankrupt and traumatized and facing what would…
The Putin Files: Daniel Fried Interview
(PBS FRONTLINE) Watch former National Security Council member Daniel Fried’s candid, full interview on Putin and allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election – all part of “The Putin…
Drinking Vodka With Russian Separatists (Part 1/3)
(VICE) In the northeast region of Kazakhstan, near the Russian border, sits a stretch of land where the Soviet Union spent years testing the atomic bomb. During the Cold War,…
Putin’s Farmer – Agriculture and Business in Russia
(DEUTSCHE WELLE) One of Putin’s biggest fans and a prominent businessman in the agriculture industy, Stefan Dürr has built a farming empire in Russia. Dürr emigrated from Germany to Siberia…
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…
Inside Putin’s Russia
(PBS NEWSHOUR) Correspondent Nick Schifrin and producer Zach Fannin take us inside Vladimir Putin’s Russia, with an in-depth look at the resurgent national identity, the government’s propaganda machine, the risk…
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…
From Spy to President: The Rise of Vladimir Putin
(VOX) Vladimir Putin has been ruling Russia since 1999. In that time he has shaped the country into an authoritarian and militaristic society. The Soviet Union dissolved into 15 new…
Он вам не Димон / Don’t call him “Dimon”
(ALEXEI NAVALNY) The video (with English subtitles) tells the story of the corrupt empire of the chairman of the government of the Russian Federation and the United Russia party Dmitry…