Suzanne Massie, ‘Reagan’s Window on the Soviet Union,’ Dies at 94
An author of books on Russia who spoke the language, she had no diplomatic experience but formed an unlikely bond with the ...
The National Interest12d
Saddam’s Scud Missiles: The Most Inaccurate Weapons on Earth?
The original Soviet-era missiles performed poorly in accuracy tests, but Iraqi modifications made them far worse.
Al Jazeera English12d
Lukashenko: ‘A hostage of the system that he himself created’
Lukashenko’s foreign policy echoed the old Soviet Union’s position during the Cold War. He railed against Western imperialism and travelled to Belgrade amid NATO bombing to support Serbia’s ...
Wall Street Journal28d
America Gets a Taste of Glasnost
Photo: Brandon Bell/Pool via Reuters To read the American press in recent months is to encounter a feeling reminiscent of the Soviet Union in 1988. At that time, the Communist Party was in the ...
The National Interest8d
Ukraine’s Old Soviet-era BMP-1 Vehicles Just Keep on Fighting
A recent report published by NPR details how a Ukrainian crew with the 1st Battalion of the 40th Coastal Defense Brigade used its Soviet-designed ... into the old infantry fighting vehicle to ...
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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 German death camps such as Auschwitz and not inviting surviving family ...