Ray Furlong

Release Of MH17 Witness Raises Questions For Ukraine

A Ukrainian court has released Volodymyr Tsemakh, a "person of interest" to investigators in the 2014 shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. The release came as Russian President Vladimir Putin said a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine was nearing completion.

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

Some of the teachers who survived the Beslan massacre are still working, and still haunted by the days in 2004 when 334 people were killed in their school.

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

As Moscow police respond to peaceful protests with increasing brutality, we filmed all sorts of people caught up in the violence -- protesters, passersby, and even a member of the pro-Kremlin United Russia party. (Note: Some people may find the violence in this video disturbing.)

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'

An Italian priest gave sanctuary in a Moscow church to protesters fleeing from riot police amid some of the worst police brutality the Russian capital has seen in years. Later, he allowed policemen to come in for water because, he says, the Orthodox Church must offer "love to everyone."

Busted! A Fake Cop Keeps Traffic Moving In Bishkek

He wears a sailor's hat and the epaulettes of a general, but it's enough to pass himself off as a traffic cop in Kyrgyzstan's busy capital.

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

Hundreds were detained as three raids in two days targeted migrant workers from Central Asia in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Yekaterinburg.