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AFP News Agency

CLEAN : 25 years after fall of USSR Russians divided over their past

9th - Higher Ed
December 25 1991 the day the last leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev resigned and the hammer and sickle flag atop the Kremlin was replaced by the Russian tricolour
Instructional Video2:35
Curated Video

Bronze busts of Soviet leaders unveiled in Moscow

Higher Ed
A new series of bronze busts of Soviet leaders, including those of Josef Stalin and Vladimir Lenin, was unveiled in Moscow on Friday. The new sculptures were installed at the Alley of Rulers which was recently opened near...
Instructional Video3:12
Curated Video

Lavrov and Johnson disagree over alleged Russian interference in Brexit vote

Higher Ed
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY Moscow, Russia - December 22, 2017 1. Various of the joint press conference with Russian Foreign...
Instructional Video3:33
Curated Video

Ex-Soviet leader Gorbachev votes, comments on spy scandal

Higher Ed
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Sunday cast his ballot in the Russian presidential election. "My book has been published and it's called 'I stay an optimist'," Gorbachev stated after casting his vote. ...
Instructional Video2:50
Curated Video

Finland's capital prepares for summit between Putin and Trump

Higher Ed
Security has been heightened in Helsinki ahead of a summit on Monday between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The office of Finnish President Sauli Niinisto has confirmed the high-stakes...
Instructional Video2:50
Curated Video

Finland's capital prepares for summit between Putin and Trump

Higher Ed
Security has been heightened in Helsinki ahead of a summit on Monday between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The office of Finnish President Sauli Niinisto has confirmed the high-stakes...
Instructional Video2:23
Curated Video

Fears of new arms race as US, Russia abandon INF

Higher Ed
Washington and Moscow have walked out of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty that former US President Ronald Reagan and then Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed in 1987, raising fears of a new arms race.
Instructional Video2:15
Curated Video

Russian dep FM: US deliberated thwarted INF treaty

Higher Ed
A Russian official said on Monday that Washington deliberately walked away from an arms control treaty with Russia in order to develop its own "missile potential".
News Clip1:59
AFP News Agency

CLEAN : Gorbachev's coffin is carried through the cemetery to his grave

9th - Higher Ed
Mikhail Gorbachev's coffin, surrounded by a procession and Guard of honour, is carried to his grave in the prestigious Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
News Clip2:31
Sky News

Scenes in Moscow after failed coup attempt

Higher Ed
CLEAN: Exterior views of Mikhail Gorbachev leaving the Parliament building and talking with press and people before driving off on 30 August 1991 in Moscow, Russia, USSR.
News Clip2:57
Bloomberg

Germany Marks 25 Years Since Fall of Berlin Wall

Higher Ed
Nov. 10 ""Germany has marked a turning point in its history, commemorating the twenty-five years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. But the celebrations also came with a warning. Bloomberg's Hans Nichols reports on Countdown. (Source:...
News Clip2:30
Curated Video

Pompeo helps unveil statue of Reagan in Berlin

Higher Ed
The U.S. Embassy in Berlin unveiled a statue of Ronald Reagan on Friday at a site overlooking the location of the former president's iconic speech imploring the Soviet Union to remove the Berlin Wall.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Talbott on the Reagan Years

9th - 10th
Former Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discusses the changing notion of arms control agreements during The Reagan Administration. [9:57]
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Reagan and Gorbachev

9th - 10th
Learn about the rapport between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. [52 secs.]
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Tear Down This Wall!

9th - 10th
Reagan to Gorbachev: Tear down this wall! [1 min. 28 secs.]
Instructional Video
A&E Television

History.com: Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich

9th - 10th
This video from the History Channel provides a biographical account of Boris Yeltsin, Soviet and Russian political leader from 1991-1999. [3:22]