Press ReleasesFrom: DCTV, New York THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! TO YOUR TVRUSSIAN/AMERICAN REPORTING EXCHANGE APPEARS ON CBS EARLY SHOW
(November 17, 2006 New York, NY) – The Russians Are Coming Tour, a
unique Russian/American media exchange, ended triumphantly in early
September after traveling cross-country for two weeks to locations
that included the hills of Appalachia, New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward
on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and the small town of
Hamburg, Pennsylvania. On Saturday, September 2nd, they returned
to New York for an appearance on CBS’s The
Early Show.
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