Ray Furlong

Russian Oscar Nominee Hopes 'Family Values' Film Will Win Glory

'His Wife Died In His Arms': Romania's Bloody 1989 Revolution

How The Kremlin Bankrolled An Online Comedy Channel

The Rise And Fall Of Rambler

Born in a former Soviet research institute, Rambler was Russia's most popular website in the 1990s and was sold for more than $230 million in 2004. But the site was eclipsed by a dynamic new search engine, and its creator counted his profits in the tens of thousands of dollars.

Release Of MH17 Witness Raises Questions For Ukraine

Secret Code: How Soviet Computer Geeks Built The Russian Web With Stolen U.S. Software

In the 1980s, a Soviet computer scientist headed for Moscow with U.S. software tapes hidden under his clothes. Three decades later, his colleagues gathered at a California dinner party to reminisce about how they built the first internet in the U.S.S.R. Their story is part of a new seven-part documentary series, InterNYET: A History Of The Russian Internet, by Current Time TV exploring the history of the Russian web.

Emotions Raw As Beslan Remembers Massacre, 15 Years Later

A League Of Their Own: Women's Soccer Kicks Off In Rural Kyrgyzstan

Women’s soccer has enjoyed phenomenal growth in recent years and, now, women in the Kyrgyz village of Kok-Tash, just north of the Uzbek border, are getting the chance to go after some goals, too. Kyrgyzstan’s Women’s Football Federation encourages young girls to play soccer, but, in rural areas, where women’s roles often center around the home, adult female soccer players are far from the norm -- at least, for now.

Russian Baptists Locked Out Of Prayer Room

No One Safe As Moscow Police Lash Out

Slum Kids Of Bishkek: Child Poverty In Kyrgyzstan

Children in Kyrgyzstan rank as some of the most vulnerable in Central Asia. With their parents often working, kids in one slum in the capital, Bishkek, tend to just fend for themselves.

Amid Moscow Violence, Italian Priest Offered 'Love To Everyone'

Busted! A Fake Cop Keeps Traffic Moving In Bishkek

Transgender Russian Seeks Freedom In Spain

Francis Savinovskikh made headlines in Russia when the authorities took two foster children away, citing concerns that their upbringing was not "traditional." At the time, Savinovskikh had the name Yulia and didn't accept being a man.

Police Raids Target Central Asian Migrants In Russia