Instructional Video9:05
The Guardian

Putin's Russia: from KGB agent to Kremlin operator

Pre-K - Higher Ed
As Vladimir Putin wages a bloody and unrelenting war in Ukraine, Guardian foreign correspondent Luke Harding examines Putin's unlikely path to the Russian presidency. From his humble beginnings in St Petersburg to his mysterious and...
Instructional Video9:01
Economics Explained

The Modern Economy of Russia

9th - Higher Ed
This is Russia: the largest country on the planet by pure landmass. The country is the center of many controversies that have today made it a bit of a boogeyman in the international community.



It is enormous military...
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Curated Video

China - Yeltsin Begins Three Day Visit

Higher Ed
Russian President Boris Yeltsin was given an effusive welcome in Beijing on Wednesday (24/4) as he began a three-day visit to China. A special ceremony was held inside the Hall of the Great People at Tiananmen Square early...
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Curated Video

Russia/Chechnya-Yeltsin Halts All Army Operations

Higher Ed
Yeltsin halts all military operations

Russian President Boris Yeltsin announced on Sunday (31/3)
that
all Russian military operations in the breakaway r
epublic of
Chechnya would end at...
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Curated Video

RUSSIA: REACTION TO NATO CRUISE MISSILE ATTACK IN BOSNIA

Higher Ed
English/Nat

Russia may be edging closer to pulling out of the NATO Partnership following Sunday night's NATO cruise missile attacks on the Bosnian Se
rbs.
The Duma recommended on Saturday to resume the...
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Curated Video

Russia - Encyclopaedia Britannica

Higher Ed
Moscow, Russia Natsot Duration: 2.57"

The hottest items at Moscow's 9th International Book Fair wer
e not
the hamburgers at the refreshment stalls...nor even t
he...
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Curated Video

Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev have inherited the long and complicated US-Russia relationship. AP's former Moscow bureau chief Steve Hurst looks at how the leaders plan to improve relations

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: US, Russia poised to restart relationship

CAPTION: Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev have inherited the long and complicated US-Russia relationship. AP's former Moscow bureau chief Steve Hurst...
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Curated Video

Finland - Clinton and Yeltsin arrive for summit

Higher Ed
A long-awaited summit between ailing presidents Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin opened around a dinner-table on Thursday (20/3), with little prospect of a deal on NATO's plan to expand eastwards into Europe but hopes...
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Sky News

Police Hunt for Clues over Boris Berezovsky Death

Higher Ed
Police Hunt for Clues over Boris Berezovsky Death
News Clip1:45
Curated Video

Italy - Clinton & Yeltsin Cement Ties At G7 Summit

Higher Ed
Russian President Boris Yeltsin said on Sunday (10/7) he was prepared to cooperate with a new post-Cold War regime that aims to withhold sensitive technology from extremist states. Clinton said he and...
Instructional Video3:34
Curated Video

FINLAND: PREPARATIONS FOR HELSINKI SUMMIT

Higher Ed
English/Nat

It's being billed as the most important world summit since Yalta more than fifty years ago - and the message from the host city is clear - Helsinki is ready to take its...
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Curated Video

FRANCE: LYONS: THOUSANDS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST G7 SUMMIT

Higher Ed
Eng/French/Nat

Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Lyons on to demonstrate against the G-7 summit, the forum for the world's wealthiest nat
ions.
But the French city was also...
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Curated Video

Russia - Update on Yeltsin's operation

Higher Ed
President Boris Yeltsin underwent a successful seven-hour multiple heart bypass operation on Tuesday (5/11) and is set to make a full recovery, doctors and officials announced.

Before going under anaesthetic for the...
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Curated Video

Russia - Reactions to Yeltsin's health

Higher Ed
The former head of the Russian presidential council and close confident of Boris Yeltsin, Gennady Burbulis, said on Thursday (9/1) Yeltsin should step down from the presidency due to his continuing health...
News Clip2:52
Curated Video

USA: BILL CLINTON URGES YELTSIN TO EXERCISE RESTRAINT IN CHECHNYA

Higher Ed
Eng / Nat

President Bill Clinton has appealed directly to his Russian counterpart Boris Yeltsin for restraint in Chec
hnya.
In a letter written earlier this week, Clinton urged Yeltsin to forestall...
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Curated Video

Russia - Yeltsin Reaction

Higher Ed
President Boris Yeltsin's stock dropped on Friday morning (28/6)

at the Moscow stock exchange, following rumours that the Ru
ssian
president
is unwell.
Exterior of Russian
stock exchange;
Interio
r of...
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Curated Video

Russia/Ukraine - Kiev Bolshevik Demo Clashes

Higher Ed
Demonstrations were held in various parts of the former Soviet

Union on Monday (7/11) to mark the 77th anniversary of
the
Bolshevik Re
volution.
In Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, there were clashes...
News Clip1:22
Curated Video

Russia - Rouble devaluation

Higher Ed
After spending billions of dollars over the past three months to prop up Russia's weak currency, the government gave up on Monday (17/08) and let the ruble's value drop by up to 34 percent. President Boris Yeltsin...
News Clip2:48
Curated Video

RUSSIA: MOSCOW: INVESTORS' REACTION TO LEBED'S DISMISSAL

Higher Ed
English/Nat

The Russian market is taking a wait-and-see approach to the sacking of Russian security Tsar Alexander L
ebed.
Investors reacted calmly to President Boris Yeltsin's toppling of...
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Curated Video

Russia - Military Parade In Red Square

Higher Ed
Brightly coloured floats and hundreds of Russian sailors paraded

through Red Square in Moscow on Sunday (5/5) to mark the
300th
anniversary of the Russian navy, founded by Peter th
e Great in
00.00 WS of...
News Clip3:51
Curated Video

RUSSIA: PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN FIRES HIS DEFENCE MINISTER RODIONOV

Higher Ed
Russian/Nat

Russian President Boris Yeltsin has fired his Defence Minister Igor Rodionov following a scathing attack on his failure to reform the mili
tary.
Rodionov...
News Clip2:46
Curated Video

RUSSIA: RUSSIA/US SUMMIT: RELATIONS LIKELY TO BE STRAINED

Higher Ed
Eng/Russian/Nat

When Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets his American counterpart, Bill Clinton tomorrow (Wednesday) the atmosphere is not expected to be w
arm.
The war in Chechnya,...
News Clip3:08
Curated Video

RUSSIA: MOSCOW: YELTSIN EXPECTED TO TRY FOR SECOND TERM IN OFFICE

Higher Ed
Eng/Russian/Nat

Russian President Boris Yeltsin is today (Thursday) finally expected to announce he's going to run for a second term of office - but the presidential race will...
News Clip1:23
Curated Video

Russia - Yeltsin admitted to hospital

Higher Ed
Russian President Boris Yeltsin was admitted Wednesday (10/12) to a Moscow clinic suffering from a viral infection Wednesday and will remain there for 10-12 days, the Kremlin said, sparking fresh concern about his...