RUSSIA - Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny

"Calls for mass protests in Russia after opposition leader is sentenced to prison" PBS NewsHour 2/2/2021

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SUMMARY:  A court on Tuesday sentenced Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to more than two years in prison.  Since his return from Germany last month after an assassination attempt in Russia, tens of thousands have taking to the street to protest his detention.  Special correspondent Stuart Smith reports from Moscow.

 

 

"U.S. and Russia agree to extend limits on nuclear arms" PBS NewsHour 2/3/2021

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SUMMARY:  The U.S. and Russia on Wednesday extended the only remaining treaty that limits the deployment of nuclear weapons.  But did the agreement go far enough?  Rose Gottemoeller, a distinguished lecturer at Stanford University who served as Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security during the Obama administration, joins Nick Schifrin to discuss the New START treaty.

RUSSIA - The Problem With Russia

"Russian opposition leader’s arrest sparks wave of national protests" PBS NewsHour 1/26/2021

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SUMMARY:  Part of the conversation between President Biden and Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Tuesday centered on Russia's top opposition figure, Alexei Navalny, whose recent arrest is sparking a wave of national protests.  Masha Gessen, staff writer for The New Yorker, joins Nick Schifrin to discuss.

 

 

"Assessing the damage from the recent U.S. cyberattack" PBS NewsHour 1/26/2021

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SUMMARY:  The Russian government is believed to be behind the recent cyberattack in the United States.  Since it was revealed in December, the number of federal agencies and companies that were victimized by the attack continues to grow.  Christopher Krebs, the former top cybersecurity official at the Department of Homeland Security, joins William Brangham to discuss.