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Putin: The New Tsar

Documentary revealing the story of Vladimir Putin's extraordinary rise to power - from a lowly KGB colonel to Boris Yeltsin's right-hand man and ultimate...

Arctic conflict | BBC News at Ten

The BBC report on the rising tensions in the Arctic between the US, Denmark and Greenland.

Ukraine Crisis 2022 | Ukraine and Belarus: Uneasy Borders

In February 2022, Russian troops are gathering along Ukrainian borders, and long-standing tensions appear to be gro...

01: We Quit | Inside Europe: Ten Years of Turmoil

David Cameron's closest advisers reveal how he tried to tackle the Europe question, and his battles at home and in Brussels...

02: Going for Broke | Inside Europe: Ten Years of Turmoil

Europe's leaders and top advisers reveal how the near bankruptcy of Greece threatened the euro itself – and how the...

03: Unstoppable | Inside Europe: Ten Years of Turmoil

Europe's leaders and their top advisers reveal how the arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants on Europe’s shores ...

2004 Ukraine Presidential Election | Putin, Russia and the West

In the 2004 Ukrainian Presidential elections, Viktor Yanukovych, a candidate with ties to Russia and the supp...

2014 Ukranian Revolution | Newsnight

Amongst political turmoil ahead of the 2010 elections, Russian-backed Viktor Yanukovych made a come-back, and was elected as President o...

Alexander Litvinenko's Murder: The Inside Story | Newsnight

The inside story of the mysterious poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in 2006.

Episode 1 | Europe on the Edge with Katya Adler

Katya visits Italy and Germany to explore how they're changing in the turbulent new world. She attends the Palio in Siena, jo...

Episode 2 | Europe on the Edge with Katya Adler

Katya continues her journey through Germany and into Spain, paragliding over Neuschwanstein Castle and meeting nationalists i...

Episode 3 | Europe on the Edge with Katya Adler

Katya continues her journey through Spain, training with a team of firefighters, and heads to France, witnessing a rocket lau...

EU 2024 - Immigration, war and the economy at stake | BBC News

As results come in from the 2024 EU election, experts discuss what the discernible shift to the right is cause...

EU Election 2024 - Italy and Germany | BBC News

Italy's confusing initiative to encourage voters, low turnout, SPD's loses in Germany.

Navalny | Storyville

In August 2020, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok, the military-grade nerve agent implicated in attacks on other oppon...

Out of the Ruins | 1989: The Legacy

Out of the ruins of the Soviet Union, Ukraine emerged as an independent state. In this report from 2010, Brian Hanrahan explores how and ...

Putin and the Ukraine 'Orange Revolution' | Putin: The New Tsar

Yushchenko's 2004 electoral victory against Russian-supported Yanukovych was a significant defeat for Putin, ...

The Annexation of Crimea | Russia: The Empire Strikes Back

In 2014, following Ukraine's pro-Western revolution, Russian special forces occupied and annexed Crimea, formerly ...

The Rise of the Far-Right

The far-right is surging across Europe. Jean Mackenzie travels across the continent to meet the people behind the movements and those fighting to s...

Ukraine and the last days of the Soviet Union | Pole to Pole

In the summer of 1991, Ukraine remained part of the Soviet Union. In this clip Michael Palin travels through the...