Spotlight host Lakshmi Chaudhry introduces the third and final episode of "Russian Godfathers," which focuses on the colorful, larger-than-life political player - and mayor of Moscow - Yuri Mikhailovich Luzhkov.
Spotlight host Lakshmi Chaudhry provides an update on what has happened to Mikhail Khodorkovsky since the production of the "Russian Godfathers" program detailing his plight.
Spotlight guests Jonathan Sanders and Kathryn Stoner-Weiss talk about how Mikhail Khodorkovsky became entangled in the political gamesmanship of Putin's Russia.
Spotlight guests Jonathan Sanders and Margarita Akhvlediani share their opinions on whether the intimate access afforded to the filmmakers of "Russian Godfathers" may have compromised a truly objective approach to...
Lakshmi Chaudhry asks her guests whether there is a place for a free press in Russia, where once Soviet totalitarian censorship limited information, and now the threat of violence and...
Kathryn Stoner-Weiss describes the political and economic conditions that have precipitated the current developments surrounding Khodorkovsky's imprisonment.
Lakshmi Chaudhry asks her guests which way the political winds will blow with upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections in 2008. Will Putin's reign continue or will the rise of the...
Spotlight guests Jonathan Sanders and Kathryn Stoner-Weiss share their views on whether Russians are eager or weary of political changes that might open the door to democratic reforms.
Spotlight guests Jonathan Sanders and Margarita Akhvlediani share their opinions on what roles and responsibilities the United States has in encouraging democracy in Russia.