Virtual Book Display: Culture of Ukraine

Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to invade Ukraine. What’s happening now and how will the war unfold? The Economist’s correspondent, Richard Ensor, reports from the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.

Kiev is only 500 miles from the war. Plutocrats live next to individuals who sell vegetables to care for her family. Villagers live on communal farms and trade and barter instead of having a consumer economy.

A powerful and compelling account of the violent Maidan Square battles. Ukrainian-born filmmaker Damien Kolody travels to his homeland to document the brutal 2014 insurrection from the streets, as the people of Ukraine spontaneously rise up against their corrupt and oppressive government, going to war in the pursuit of a better future.

It’s the war the world forgot. At Europe’s side door nearly 8,000 people have been killed and 1.5 million have fled their homes. Foreign Correspondent's Matt Brown reports from devastated eastern Ukraine.

Freeland tours Independence Square which is the center of the democratic movement in Ukraine. Viktor Yanukovych rejected joining the European Union and decided to negotiate with Russia. Demonstrators are murdered.

This program is a fascinating documentary that looks at the hard questions American foreign policy leaders face in dealing with today’s rapidly changing world order. Just how deeply entangled should America be in the world’s affairs? What alternatives are there to being the world’s policemen? Is there really a downside to retreat?

An exclusive sit-down interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv; plus, a conversation between Washington Football Team President Jason Wright and Axios co-founder and CEO Jim VandeHei.

The film depicts the life of Alina Shilova, a 20-year-old girl from Kyiv, whose passion for football has a chance of saving her from poverty. Alina is now a professional player, but her situation remains uncertain: her mother suddenly dies, leaving behind Alina's beloved siblings, Renat & Regina, 6 and 7 years old. Alina becomes a substitute mother. Her career plans are on the verge of collapse. The whole dysfunctional family is living in a cramped one-room apartment. Alina wants to give her brother and sister a better life than the one she had. Will she find the strength to cope with everything? How can you win the match of your life when the odds are stacked against you?

This documentary looks at people transformed by a democratic revolution, who give up their normal lives to fight a Russian invasion, in a war which has killed 10,000 and displaced 1.9 million Ukrainians.