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Inside Europe: The Man Who Saved the World

Charles Maynes
October 13, 2017

The world recently learned that Stanislav Petrov passed away earlier this year at the age of 77. He was a Soviet officer sometimes known as the ‘Man Who Saved the World'...for an act that prevented nuclear armageddon. Our Moscow-based producer Charles Maynes once visited Petrov and has this look back at his achievements.

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