The New Yorker12d
The Fraught U.S.-Soviet Search for Alien Life
During the Cold War, American and Soviet scientists embarked on an unprecedented quest to contact extraterrestrials. But ...
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Decades after leaving the Soviet Union the Baltics are in the final hours of relying on Russia
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are severing their remaining electricity grid connections with Russia and Belarus this weekend ...
Business Insider27d
Putin is repeating a Soviet-era mistake that tanked the Russian economy, Polish foreign minister says
"The Soviet Union took on the West and lost," he said. Sikorski said that Putin "is on the record saying that under Brezhnev, the Soviet Union overspent on the military and bankrupted the country." ...
Reuters17d
Putin says ignoring Soviet role in liberation of Nazi death camps is shameful
MOSCOW, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that ignoring the Soviet Union's role in liberating Nazi ...
The Financial Times9d
Russia’s fears over ex-Soviet nations laid bare in leaked paper
Russian officials believe western pressure is hampering Moscow’s efforts to draw former Soviet nations closer ... of the Moscow-led Eurasian Economic Union, which includes Belarus, Armenia ...
Back in the USSR: Putin revives Soviet-era 'Eurovision' with new allies
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a revival of the Soviet answer to the Eurovision Song Contest in an effort to counter what he says is the decadence of modern Western culture.
The Nation29d
The Often Misunderstood History of the Soviet Dissidents
To the dissidents of the Soviet Union, that question was so relevant that it became a famous and ironic toast. Supposedly introduced to dissident circles in the early 1970s by Naum Korzhavin ...
Anadolu Ajansi27d
Kremlin disputes Trump’s remarks on Soviet role in World War II
The Kremlin on Thursday “respectfully” disputed US President Donald Trump’s recent remarks on the Soviet Union playing a supportive role during World War II. On Wednesday, Trump said on his ...
The National Interest24d
Did Soviet Troops Fight in the Vietnam War?
Although the Cold War never turned into a “hot war,” i.e., full-blown World War III between the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact on the side and the United States and its NATO allies on the ...
CityBeautiful on MSN7d
How Soviet Ideals Shaped Urban Landscapes
What did urban design look like in a socialist society? This video breaks down Soviet city planning, from standardized housing and communal spaces to self-contained microdistricts. Learn how Soviet ...
The New York Times22d
A Secret Cable and a Clue to Where U.S.-Russia Relations Went Wrong
Mr. Schmemann, a member of the editorial board, is a former Moscow bureau chief for The Times. It was March 1994, more than two years after the Soviet Union disintegrated, and the debates within ...
How an investment banker became Putin’s man in the room for high-level U.S. talks
His main role, his main task, is what Putin assigned him: to get the Americans to lift sanctions pressure. That’s his job,” ...