Bridges in Time and Space, a conversation with Vladimir Pozner

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A close up on Vladimir Pozner from the shoulders upward, his gaze directed to the right over a rectangular pair of glasses.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Pozner (b. 1934) is one of Russia’s most famous TV personalities on account of his long career as a journalist, TV host and writer. Since 2008, his weekly interview programme Pozner on Channel 1 has been an institution for the country’s public conversation and debate.

A close up on Vladimir Pozner from the shoulders upward, his gaze directed to the right over a rectangular pair of glasses.
COURTESY PIKENE PÅ BROEN.

Pozner first became known to a wider international audience in 1985, when he and Phil Donahue hosted the US-Soviet Space Bridge, a groundbreaking television collaboration between the two sides during the Cold War in which the ordinary citizens of Leningrad and Seattle were able to talk and debate with each other via a live satellite broadcast.

In Kirkenes, Vladimir Pozner shares his experiences and views on the past, present and future in a conversation with another East/West border-crosser—director, Barents friend, and expert on Russia, Morten Traavik.

Credit: This event was originally broadcast live on February 25, 2022 as part of Barents Spektakel. COURTESY PIKENE PÅ BROEN. 

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