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Survivors attend a ceremony on the site of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland. Tuesday marked the 70th anniversary of the Nazi camp's liberation by Allied soldiers.

Why I want to remind you of the Holocaust

"My father's cousins died in those camps. Those stories were in the air when I was growing up," writes the host of PRI's The World on the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation.

Why I want to remind you of the Holocaust
Early Ukrainian diplomacy. The Zaporozhian Cossacks reply to the Sultan of Turkey, by 19th century Russian artist, Ilya Repin. Ukraine has always been vulnerable to more powerful neighbors.

Ukraine's identity crisis is nothing new

Ukraine's identity crisis is nothing new

In Russia, Raids on NGOs Deemed 'Foreign Agents' Continue

In Russia, Raids on NGOs Deemed 'Foreign Agents' Continue
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Faking It: The Matrix

Faking It: The Matrix

Documentary film 'The Other Chelsea' depicts Ukraine's poor, corrupt side

Documentary film 'The Other Chelsea' depicts Ukraine's poor, corrupt side

Documentary Film 'The Other Chelsea' Depicts a Different Ukraine

A new documentary "The Other Chelsea" tells the tale of a town in eastern Ukraine where the local soccer club won the Europa League tournament a few years back.

Documentary Film 'The Other Chelsea' Depicts a Different Ukraine

Masha Gessen on Vladimir Putin, 'The Man Without a Face'

Masha Gessen on Vladimir Putin, 'The Man Without a Face'

Outside Russia's cities, support for Putin is prevalent, but reserved

As Russians prepare to head to the polls on Sunday, voters in the nation's cities are increasingly unhappy with what seems to be almost a foregone conclusion. Vladimir Putin will be re-elected president. But out in the rural areas, support remains wide-spread, if more reserved than it once was.

Outside Russia's cities, support for Putin is prevalent, but reserved

The Mood in Vladimir, Russia Before the Election

Right now it looks like Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will become president again. The World's Laura Lynch headed to the Russian city of Vladimir to find out what people really think about another Putin administration.

The Mood in Vladimir, Russia Before the Election
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Russia's Hipsters on the Big Screen

The World's Alex Gallafent looks at a Russian movie, Hipsters, arriving in American theaters. It's American-style hipsters in 1950s Moscow. The film's director says there are some parallels with the current wave of anti-Putin protesters in Russia today.

Russia's Hipsters on the Big Screen

War, religious-themed restaurants in Ukraine spark controversy

Yurko Nazaruk opened a restaurant in Lviv, Ukraine that is designed to look like the sort of underground bunkers used by insurgents during World War II. It was so successful he opened one that's themed after the country's Jewish community, all but wiped out during the war, Lviv-born writer Leopold van Sacher Masoch, who lent his name to masochism. But not everyone is pleased.

War, religious-themed restaurants in Ukraine spark controversy

Slideshow: Ukraine's Controversial Theme Restaurants

An entrepreneur in Lviv, Ukraine has opened themed bars and restaurants which have provoked much criticism. Many regard them as offensive.

Slideshow: Ukraine's Controversial Theme Restaurants

Soviet Espionage Legend Dies

Legendary Soviet spy Gevork Vartanian, who helped foil a Nazi plot to kill Allied leaders in Tehran during World War II, has died in Moscow aged 87.

Soviet Espionage Legend Dies

California-based Cold War museum tries to preserve reminders of bygone era

For 50-some years, the Cold War dominated life in Russia, Europe and the United State. In the nearly two decades since it ended, though, the physical manifestations of those decades are rapidly disappearing. A museum in California is hoping to hang on to the past and make it real for the future.

California-based Cold War museum tries to preserve reminders of bygone era

Preserving the Cold War in Sunny California

We are looking for a museum of Cold War history that has a collection of everything from East German blueprints to Soviet artwork.

Preserving the Cold War in Sunny California