Serge Schmemann: A secret cable and a clue to where U.S-Russia relations went wrong
What went awry? Putin is the main culprit for Russia’s return to authoritarianism, aggression and hostility to the West. But ...
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The Often Misunderstood History of the Soviet Dissidents
Culture / Books & the Arts / In To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause, historian Benjamin Nathans sheds light on how the ...
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Putin hails Soviet army for ending 'total evil' of Auschwitz
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday praised Soviet soldiers for ending the "total evil" of Auschwitz on the 80th ...
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Former Soviet Union
The Latvian government demolished a Cold War-era monument celebrating the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War on Thursday—leading to celebrations by many Latvians who ...
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A history of Auschwitz-Birkenau 80 years on from liberation
With the world marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp by Soviet troops on 27 January here is its history, ...
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Russia and Iran have a troubled history despite their current alliance
In World War II, the Soviet Union and Britain invaded Iran ... Despite the official rhetoric, the nations' troubled history makes many Iranians suspicious about Russia. Kremlin efforts to balance ...