Deseret News archives: Soviet Union traded a pilot for a spy on this day in 1962
On Feb. 10, 1962, on the Glienicke Bridge connecting West Berlin and East Germany, the Soviet Union exchanged captured ...
Images of Ukraine, When Things Began to Fall Apart
The citizens photographed by Boris Mikhailov in the last days of the Soviet Union evoke laughter and sympathy in a show at ...
3 Baltic states disconnect from the Soviet-era grid to merge with the European energy system
The flow of electricity between the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and Russia has been officially severed.
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The neglect of Asia was the great failure of Yalta, writes Stephen Kotkin
Black grouse and caviar helped Stalin get much of what he wanted, but his Red Army counted for more, says a notable historian ...
Hegseth Says Return to Ukraine’s Pre-2014 Borders Is ‘Unrealistic’
In his first trip abroad, the new U.S. defense secretary told allies, including NATO officials, that a durable peace could ...
One year on from Alexei Navalny’s death, what will his legacy be for Russia?
Navalny battled for an alternative to Putin’s regime – and paid the ultimate price. The Kremlin has made sure there cannot be ...
Putin 'Ground Down' Russia's Soviet-Era Stockpiles: Report
Russia's army could soon lack the tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery needed to sustain its current combat intensity in Ukraine.
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Olha Mukha: ‘For a long time, the West refused to acknowledge Russia’s colonial and imperial character'
The Ukrainian philosopher discusses the war in Ukraine, the issue of Russian imperialism (or colonialism) in Western ...
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Hanna Perekhoda: ‘The fight for freedom in Ukraine is intimately linked to the global struggle against fascist forces’
Ukrainian historian and activist looks back at some of the preconceptions and simplifications that, in Western Europe, shape ...