“America     is      no      longer      a
      mysterious   foreign   country   for
      me.   It   became   a   country   with
      real  people  and  real  problems.”

                                    -Tatiana Borisova




Some of the chilly old winds of the Cold War are beginning to blow between the United States and Russia.

To create communication and understanding, five of Russia’s most talented TV reporters hopped aboard the CyberCar – a 40-foot long bus with a Times Square video wall on the side.

From the hollowed hills of Kentucky to the horrors of Hurricane Katrina – from the beaches of Brooklyn to the bayous of Cajun country – the inquisitive Russians searched for the soul of America. Concurrently, they shared slices of Siberian and Post-Soviet life through reports they played on the TV wall to crowds of Americans who gathered around the bus, eager to exchange ideas and experiences.

DCTV co-founder and 15-time Emmy® Award winner, Jon Alpert, who produced the tour, remarked: “This is how modern media can be a tool to build communication and understanding between cultures. We often learn about ourselves as a people by what we show to visitors. There are moments of astonishing revelation, in which what I think is the real heart and soul of America, is shared with our guests.”

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING marks the continued collaboration between Link TV the CyberCar and DCTV. In 1992, DCTV’s CyberCar was utilized for MAIN STREET USA, a tour that visited 10 American towns and cities showing reports on Afghanistan, Ground Zero, and Iraq, while gathering the feelings of Americans on the anniversary of September 11th.

It was hoped that THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING would be the first of many collaborations between the American and Russian peoples. Millions of Russians have already viewed the reports that the Russian reporters made. But on April 18th of this year the Russian police raided the office of Internews Moscow and shut the organization down.

The free exchange and the free press this program celebrates, are under attack and could be eliminated.

The Russians Are Coming!!!
- Now on DVD!

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Executive Producers: Jon Alpert, Manana Aslamazyan
Director: Dmitriy Khavin
Producers: Shannon Sonenstein, Marianthi Bumbaris
Host/Russian Producer: Olga Kravtsova
Russian Reporters: Ksenia Cherepanova, Andrey Fedorov, Maxim Voronin, Tatiana Borisova, Yulia Karetskaya
CyberCar Engineer: Chase Pierson