Bridgid McCarthy

Mastering The Art of Soviet Cooking (Photo: Anya von Bremzen)

A Soviet Memoir From the Standpoint of the Stomach

Food: the lack of it, the control of it, dreams of it, was a key part of the Soviet experience. Now a Russian author living in the United States, Anya von Bremzen, has written a memoir of the USSR through food, "Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking."

A Soviet Memoir From the Standpoint of the Stomach

Wheelchair Diaries: Getting Around Europe on Four Wheels

Wheelchair Diaries: Getting Around Europe on Four Wheels

Why Stalin Remains Popular in Parts of Former Soviet Union

Why Stalin Remains Popular in Parts of Former Soviet Union
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Eastern Europe's Bloodlands'

Eastern Europe's Bloodlands'
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Ukraine rewrites history books

Ukraine rewrites history books
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Coffee and corruption in Kiev

Reporter Brigid McCarthy provides a snapshot of the culture of corruption in Ukraine. She follows an American businessman as he tries to open his own cafe there, without paying any bribes.

Coffee and corruption in Kiev
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Ukrainian novelist on post-Soviet man

Reporter Brigid McCarthy profiles Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, he's written more than a dozen novels and children's stories. But Kurkov says all of his stories are really about the evolution of the post Soviet man.

Ukrainian novelist on post-Soviet man
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Ukrainian journalists protest Soviet-era censorship

Ukraine has one of the feistiest, most pluralistic media anywhere in the former Soviet Union. But journalists have begun protesting what they say is censorship and political pressure from the country's new government. Brigid McCarthy reports from Kiev.

Ukrainian journalists protest Soviet-era censorship
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Mad Heads XL

Mad Heads XL is one of the most popular rock bands in Ukraine. It's also among the few Ukrainian bands with a sizable international following. Brigid McCarthy reports from Kiev.

Mad Heads XL
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The ordeal of Ukrainian Nazi slave laborers

When the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union, they seized millions of Ukrainians and sent them back to Germany as slave laborers. When the laborers who survived went home after the war, they were treated as Nazi collaborators. Reporter Brigid McCarthy reports.

The ordeal of Ukrainian Nazi slave laborers
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Ukraine's political divide

Last week Ukrainian lawmakers hurled eggs and smoke bombs in the chambers of parliament. The brawl could signal the beginning of a turbulent period in Ukrainian politics, as Brigid McCarthy reports from Kiev.

Ukraine's political divide
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Diploma fraud in Ukraine

If you want to get a college degree in Ukraine, you better grease the right palms. Brigid McCarthy reports that bribes are an effective way to get a Ukrainian diploma.

Diploma fraud in Ukraine
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Death-defying winter sport

Thousands of miles from the Olympics on the streets of Ukraine's capital, there's another, death-defying winter sport taking place. Walking down a Kiev sidewalk these days is like buying a lottery ticket to the hospital. Brigid McCarthy reports from Kiev.

Death-defying winter sport
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Ukraine's top woman

Ukraine is used to strong women, but not necessarily powerful ones. Yulia Tymoshenko? who's running in the presidential runoff this weekend is both. Reporter Brigid McCarthy looks at the Tymoshenko phenomenon.

Ukraine's top woman
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Five years after Ukraine's orange revolution

Correspondent Brigid McCarthy reports on the mood in Ukraine as citizens cast their presidential vote for the first time since the Orange Revolution five years ago.

Five years after Ukraine's orange revolution