Matthews, Owen
Summary: "The Russo-Ukrainian War is the most serious geopolitical crisis since the Second World War--and yet at the heart of the conflict is a mystery. Vladimir Putin apparently lurched from a calculating, subtle master of opportunity to a reckless gambler, putting his regime--and Russia itself--at risk of destruction. Why? Drawing on over 25 years' experience as a correspondent in Moscow, as well as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mudlark 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.7086 MATPickhart, Kalani
Summary: In 1913, a Russian ballet incited a riot in Paris at the new Théâtre de Champs-Elysées. "Only a Russian could do that," says Aleksandr Ivanovich. "Only a Russian could make the whole world go mad." A century later, in November 2013, thousands of Ukrainian citizens gathered at Independence Square in Kyiv to protest then-President Yanukovych's failure to sign a referendum with the European Union,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Dollar Radio 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PICHarding, Luke
Summary: "In a damning, inspiring, and breathtaking narrative of what is likely to be a turning point for Europe--and the world--Guardian correspondent and New York Times bestselling author Luke Harding reports firsthand on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. When, just before dawn on February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin launched a series of brutal attacks, Harding was there, on the ground in Kyiv. But this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.7086 HARJudah, Tim
Summary: "From one of the finest journalists of our time comes a definitive, boots-on-the-ground dispatch from the front lines of the conflict in Ukraine. Ever since Ukraine's violent 2014 revolution, followed by Russia's annexation of Crimea, the country has been at war. Misinformation reigns, more than two million people have been displaced, and Ukrainians fight one another on a second front--the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tim Duggan Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.086 JUDGaleotti, Mark
Summary: "Putin's Wars is a timely overview of the conflicts in which Russia has been involved since Vladimir Putin became prime minister and then president of Russia, from the First Chechen War to the two military incursions into Georgia, the annexation of Crimea and the eventual invasion of Ukraine itself. But it also looks more broadly at Putin's recreation of Russian military power and its expansion...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Osprey Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.086 GALUrban, Andrew L.
Summary: "Ukraine's most popular comedic actor was an unlikely president of his country. And now, even more improbably, Volodymyr Zelensky has become the world's most celebrated statesman. Who is he? How did he become the international hero of our time? Zelensky: The Unlikely Ukrainian Hero Who Defied Putin and United the World is a compelling account of this fascinating, enigmatic leader. Covering...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ZELENSKY, VOLODYMYR URBSummary: The documentary serves as a fascinating look at Putin in the earliest days of his presidency, when the seeds of his authoritarianism were already being sown. It also raises difficult questions about the role of Mansky himself. As a filmmaker who witnessed and, in some cases, shaped these events, is he in some way complicit?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PUTIgort
Summary: Graphic novelist Igort illuminates two harrowing moments in recent history--the Ukraine famine and the assassination of a Russian journalist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.52 IGOSummary: Litvinenko, a former Russian spy dies in a London hospital, but not before naming his murderer. Poisoned with the deadliest substance known to man detectives dive into a high-stakes murder investigation. Can they find justice for Litvinenko's family?
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Publisher / Publication Date: RLJ Entertainment 2023
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LITCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LITO'Brien, Bridget
Summary: "On Febuary 24, 2022, Russian president Vladimir Putin announce that Russia would perform a special military operation in neighboring Ukraine. Within minutes Russian troops had invaded Ukraine and missles were flying. The world watched as the political, economic, and humanitarian fallout ensued. This series examines the war, the circumstances that led to it, and influential individals...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo & Daughters, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PUTSimpson, Glenn R.
Summary: Fusion GPS was founded in 2010 by Simpson and Fritsch, two former reporters at The Wall Street Journal, decided to use their reporting skills to conduct open-source investigations for businesses and law firms-- and opposition research for political candidates. In the fall of 2015 they were hired to look into the finances of Donald Trump. The deeper Fusion dug, the clearer it became that the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 SIMFranke, Greg
Summary: "There have been many thrilling and memorable sports rivalries. But none has ever combined such drama and excitement over such an extended period of time and against such a gripping background as the Cold War hockey rivalry between Canada and Russia"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Publishing, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.962 FRARadouga (Musical group)
Contents: Confidence in love (8:26) -- Why do you lament? (9:12) -- Dors, small Cossack (8:30) -- Like a solitary oak (8:43) -- Dream of autumn (9:37) -- Earth of faith, hope and love (8:32).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milan 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/RUSSIAN RADSilva, Daniel
Summary: Legendary art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon joins forces with a brilliant and beautiful master thief to track down the world's most valuable missing painting but soon finds himself in a desperate race to prevent an unthinkable conflict between Russia and the West.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SILSummary: Enlightening documentary about the Russian avant-garde and the role art played in the Russian Revolution. Explores the works and careers of important Russian artists, including Chagall, Kandinsky, Rodchenko, Malevich, and many others. Includes historical reenactments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC REVSummary: The execution of the Romanovs, in 1918, marked Russia's irrevocable shift from a monarchy to a communist state. The destruction of the Berlin Wall, in 1989, signified the collapse of that state and its Marxist ideology. This gripping, highly realistic program cinematically dramatizes the events of these two historic watersheds: indelible emblems of the birth pains and death throes of the Soviet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: For former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the war in Kosovo was both political and very personal. This program focuses on how America's first female Secretary of State built national and international consensus against Slobodan Milosevic to derail his agenda of ethnic cleansing in the wake of the failed Rambouillet peace negotiations. Albright also discusses the shaping of her values...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program tracks the career of Vladimir Putin from KGB spymaster for the U.S.S.R. to president of the Russian Federation. Footage of landmark events-the fall of the Berlin Wall, the election and re-election of Boris Yeltsin, the war against Chechnya, terrorist attacks on Moscow-are featured, as well as archival interviews with former Stasi official Horst Jemlich, former Prime Minister...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: To fully understand the recent bloodshed in Kosovo, one must go back 600 years and trace the causes of the undying hatreds that permeate Serbia and the surrounding region. Using eyewitness accounts, maps, and footage both of historic events and of Serbian life, this program examines the ethnic nationalism and religious extremism that have resulted in the long-standing hatred between Serbs and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In the mind of Vladimir Putin, 9/11/01 marked the day that triggered a chain of events that ended with Russia's acceptance into the ranks of the West-but at a terrible cost to national pride and the balance of nuclear power. This program narrates the circumstances leading to President Putin's bitter decision to trade U.S. approval of the war in Chechnya for what has proved to be a diminished...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The most brutal European dictator since Hitler or Stalin, Slobodan Milosevic played the trump cards of nationalism and racism to gain and preserve power. This Wide Angle documentary takes viewers inside the regime and inside the mind of Serbia's ruthless despot. The program illustrates how, once in office, Milosevic performed an intricate balancing act, controlling information and the media to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006