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SAINSBURYS CHRISTMAS AD IS A DANGEROUS AND DISRESPECTFUL MASTERPIECE


Perhaps the greatest truism, even cliche about the first world war is that nobody ever really understood why it happened, what it was all about... READ MORE

14th November, 2014 14494

25 YEARS LATER: 7 SHOCKWAVES FROM BREAKUP OF SOVIET UNION


The Soviet Union broke up without a civil war, thank God, says Yevgeny Roizman, 54, a historian and mayor of Yekaterinburg, Russia's third-largest city, which borders Siberia... READ MORE

22nd December, 2016 14275

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS EVOKES EUROPES DARKEST HOUR


In Europe, we benefited from humanitarian assistance and the acceptance of refugees after the disaster that was World War II, Mr. Roth said... READ MORE

4th September, 2015 12691

HITLERS WORLD MAY NOT BE SO FAR AWAY


As Hitler himself knew, there was a political alternative to ecological panic and state destruction the pursuit of agricultural technology at home rather than Lebensraum abroad... READ MORE

16th September, 2015 12075

RUSSIA AND NATO 'ACTIVELY PREPARING FOR WAR'


The preparations include major military exercises by both Russia and Nato that appear designed exclusively to respond to one another's capabilities and potential war plans... READ MORE

12th August, 2015 4902

WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE MISS THE SOVIET UNION?


Russia will mark the 25th anniversary of the Soviet Union's dissolution at the end of the year... READ MORE

21st December, 2016 4286

ISLAMIC BATTALIONS STOCKED WITH CHECHENS AID UKRAINE IN WAR WITH REBELS


In Ukraine, the Dzhokhar Dudayev and Sheikh Mansur units are mostly Chechen, but they include Muslims from other former Soviet areas, such as Uzbeks and Balkars... READ MORE

7th July, 2015 3848

IN 1983 WAR SCARE, SOVIET LEADERSHIP FEARED NUCLEAR SURPRISE ATTACK BY U.S.


In 1983 we may have inadvertently placed our relations with the Soviet Union on a hair trigger the review concluded... READ MORE

24th October, 2015 3034

WORLD LEADERS ACCUSED OF SHAMEFUL FAILURE OVER REFUGEE CRISIS


Almost 4 million people displaced from Syria have registered with the UN high commissioner for refugees... READ MORE

15th June, 2015 2892

PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA BEEFING UP NUCLEAR ARSENAL, NATO DENOUNCES 'SABER-RATTLING'


Putin made his comments a day after Russian officials denounced a U.S... READ MORE

16th June, 2015 2539

SYRIANS FLEEING WAR FIND NEW ROUTE TO EUROPE VIA THE ARCTIC CIRCLE


Intriguingly, in 2013 a Facebook group which advises Syrians about how to reach Europe suggested that Norway's border with Russia was impenetrable... READ MORE

29th August, 2015 2492

EUROPE'S CURRENT ANTI-MIGRANT RHETORIC CARRIES ECHOES OF 1930S ANTI-SEMITISM


Even during World War II, let alone before it started, antisemitism was rife in American political and public life... READ MORE

2nd September, 2015 2125

IRAN TROOPS TO JOIN SYRIA WAR, RUSSIA BOMBS GROUP TRAINED BY CIA


At the United Nations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference Moscow was targeting Islamic State... READ MORE

1st October, 2015 1998

RUSSIA TO U.S.: TALK TO US ON SYRIA OR RISK 'UNINTENDED INCIDENTS'


Russia to U.S. talk to us on Syria or risk 'unintended incidents'... READ MORE

11th September, 2015 1949

NEWS ANALYSIS IN PUTINS SYRIA INTERVENTION FEAR OF A WEAK GOVERNMENT HAND


That belief is widely shared in Russia, and is one reason for Mr. Putin's genuine popularity at home... READ MORE

4th October, 2015 1910

NATO RETURNS ITS ATTENTION TO AN OLD ADVERSARY RUSSIA


I don't think we're in the Cold War again... READ MORE

23rd June, 2015 1903

'WE LAUNCH SYRIA AIR STRIKES IN ONE HOUR. STAY OUT OF THE WAY'


Vladimir putin orders airforce into action over syria in first russian war in middle east since end of soviet union... READ MORE

1st October, 2015 1902

CLOSE MILITARY ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST AT COLD WAR LEVELS


Black Sea encounter On 7 September, the Canadian frigate Toronto was buzzed by a Russian aircraft in the Black Sea with the plane coming within 300 metres... READ MORE

10th November, 2014 1767

READ PUTIN'S U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH


Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation... READ MORE

28th September, 2015 1698

VLADIMIR PUTIN VOWS THAT UNITED STATES 'WILL NEVER SUBJUGATE RUSSIA'


Before his speech on Tuesday, the Russian leader was shown a new military vehicle described as a cross between a car and an armoured personnel carrier... READ MORE

19th November, 2014 1643

70 YEARS LATER HOW WORLD WAR II CHANGED AMERICA


Even as World War II was ending 70 years ago, Americans already knew it had transformed their country... READ MORE

18th July, 2015 1627

UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT MOCKS PUTIN IN FRONT OF UNITED NATIONS


On Monday the Ukrainian delegation pointedly left the hall when Russian President Vladimir Putin started speaking... READ MORE

29th September, 2015 1512

RUSSIA SAYS WILL RETALIATE IF U.S. WEAPONS STATIONED ON ITS BORDERS


MOSCOW WARSAW A plan by Washington to station tanks and heavy weapons in NATO states on Russia's border would be the most aggressive U.S... READ MORE

15th June, 2015 1402

PUTIN SAYS WEST IS PROVOKING RUSSIA INTO NEW COLD WAR AS SPIES DEPORTED


Photograph Tass Barcroft Vladimir Putin has suggested to a German interviewer that the west is provoking Russia into a new cold war... READ MORE

18th November, 2014 1327

RUSSIA POSITIONING TANKS AT SYRIA AIRFIELD


Russia positioning tanks at Syria airfield U.S. officials... READ MORE

14th September, 2015 1324

NATO LAUNCHES LARGEST AIRBORNE DRILLS IN EUROPE SINCE END OF COLD WAR


It said the exercise marks the first time the US 82nd Airborne Division has operated in Europe since supporting Nato operations in Kosovo in 1999... READ MORE

18th August, 2015 1267

RUSSIA COMPLAINS OVER 'GAY BAR' ON PRESIDENT'S PLOT IN FINLAND


The archipelago lies between Finland and Sweden, but one uninhabited property is owned by the Russian presidency, having once been owned by a German-Finnish couple... READ MORE

16th September, 2015 1221

AIR FORCE SENDING ADVANCED FIGHTERS TO EUROPE


The F-22 deployment comes in response to requirements from commanders in the region James and Air Force Gen... READ MORE

24th August, 2015 1201

RUSSIAN WARPLANES STRIKE DEEP INSIDE ISLAMIC STATES HEARTLAND


BEIRUT Russian warplanes have struck targets deep inside the Islamic State's heartland province of Raqqa for the first time Russia's Defense Ministry said Friday... READ MORE

2nd October, 2015 1180

RUSSIA VETOES UN RESOLUTION CALLING SREBRENICA MASSACRE CRIME OF GENOCIDE


Britain, Russia and the United States had sought to come to a consensus on the text in recent days... READ MORE

8th July, 2015 1123


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