Recent News Headlines : Soviet Union

RUSSIA TO DENY US OBSERVATION PLANES STOPOVERS AT 3 AIRFIELDS AMID OPEN SKIES ROW


The US accused Moscow of violating the treaty and mulled introducing restrictions for Russian observation flights... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 958

BIGGEST PRISONER SWAP IN CONFLICT TAKES PLACE


It is the biggest exchange of prisoners since the conflict in eastern Ukraine began in 2014... READ MORE

27th December, 2017 453

A GERMAN NURSING HOME TRIES A NOVEL FORM OF DEMENTIA THERAPY


Now, in the nursing home, Hollywood and East Germany are separated by just a thin wall... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 1749

RUSSIA ESTABLISHING PERMANENT PRESENCE AT ITS SYRIAN BASES


Russia establishing permanent presence at its Syrian bases RIA... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 1063

RAUL CASTRO CONFIRMS HE WILL STAY CUBA'S PRESIDENT TO APRIL


Raul Castro confirmed Thursday that he will continue as Cuba's president into April, two months longer than expected, as parliament extended the political... READ MORE

22nd December, 2017 1

WHY RUSSIA AND THE WEST CAN'T GET ALONG


Photo Vladimir Putin's face dominates souvenir T-shirts in Russia... READ MORE

22nd December, 2017 420

UKRAINIAN INTERPRETER WHO VISITED MAY ARRESTED ON RUSSIAN SPYING CHARGES


The alleged Russian spy visited Downing Street in July when Groysman held talks with the prime minister... READ MORE

22nd December, 2017 890

4,500 RUSSIANS JOINED 'TERRORISTS' ABROAD: SECURITY SERVICE CHIEF


President Vladimir Putin earlier Tuesday thanked heads of the security services of ex-Soviet countries for sharing intelligence with Russia... READ MORE

20th December, 2017 0

FRENCH WOMEN DETHRONE NORWAY TO TAKE HANDBALL WORLD TITLE


France took the women's handball world title from Norway with a 23-21 victory over the previous champions in Sunday's final in Hamburg... READ MORE

17th December, 2017 0

CUBAS CASTRO AND RUSSIAN OIL EXECUTIVE MEET IN HAVANA


Cuba struggled with blackouts and fuel shortages after the fall of its benefactor, the Soviet Union... READ MORE

17th December, 2017 924

HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS WORLDWIDE CELEBRATE HANUKKAH WITH CANDLE-LIGHTING CEREMONY


In New York, survivors and their families were set to come together at the Park Avenue Synagogue in Manhattan... READ MORE

14th December, 2017 33

UNDER PUTIN, RUSSIA INCREASES CLOUT IN THE MIDDLE EAST


When Russia launched a military campaign in Syria two years ago, President Vladimir Putin sought to save his ally from imminent collapse and break Russia's... READ MORE

13th December, 2017 0

RUSSIA'S MISSION IN THE ARAB WORLD IS FAR FROM FINISHED


Egypt has purchased 50 fighter jets costing around US3.5 billion from Russia and signed a deal last month to have mutual use of the two countries' airbases... READ MORE

13th December, 2017 20

MOSCOW SHOW SMASHES MYTH OF DRAB SOVIET DESIGN


With the fall of the Soviet Union, most factories and research institutes were privatised... READ MORE

12th December, 2017 59

DELAYED BOLSHOI 'NUREYEV' OPENS WITH DIRECTOR UNDER ARREST


Although homosexuality was decriminalised in Russia in 1993, prejudice is common and human rights activists report widespread harassment and abuse... READ MORE

9th December, 2017 0

'ASSASSIN'S CREED IV' & 'WORLD IN CONFLICT' FREE DOWNLOAD SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED


Ubisoft is giving fans the opportunity to download Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag and World in Conflict for free this holiday season... READ MORE

5th December, 2017 4

BERLIN EXHIBITION QUESTIONS CIA'S INFLUENCE ON GLOBAL ART SCENE


The Trump era has prompted Germany to review the historic effects of America's soft power, and debate Berlin's future relationship with Washington... READ MORE

5th December, 2017 2743

100 YEARS AFTER INDEPENDENCE FROM MOSCOW, FINLAND IS FIRMLY ANCHORED TO WEST


Meanwhile, in Moscow, officials note that Russia has been closely associated with Finland's centenary celebrations which will be formally marked on Wednesday, its independence day... READ MORE

4th December, 2017 103

CANADA SETS ASIDE TWO BUNKERS AT MILITARY BASES AMID GLOBAL UNCERTAINTY, NORTH KOREAN THREAT


Threat of a north korean missile striking canada prompts officials to adopt a cold war defensive posture... READ MORE

30th November, 2017 13043

MEET CLANDESTINA, THE CUBAN BRAND SPEAKING TO A NEW GENERATION


Del Rio and her business partner, Leire Fernandez, launched Clandestina in 2015, a few years after Cuba's president, Raul Castro, loosened the laws governing private enterprise... READ MORE

29th November, 2017 688

CHINA CORRUPTION COULD LEAD TO SOVIET-STYLE COLLAPSE, GRAFT BUSTER SAYS


Yang said Xi's anti-corruption achievements had been revolutionary in turning the blade of the knife inward ... READ MORE

15th November, 2017 291

CANADIAN JOURNALIST FLORENCE HARPER COVERED THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, BUT ALMOST NO ONE KNOWS HER STORY


Florence MacLeod Harper was one of the few Western women to cover the Russian Revolution of 1917, but almost no one knows this Canadian's story... READ MORE

12th November, 2017 1390

ON THE FRONTLINE OF EUROPES FORGOTTEN WAR IN UKRAINE


The Russian TV that people watch there presents a negative view of Europe and what it represents... READ MORE

12th November, 2017 3756

100 YEARS ON FROM THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION THAT CHANGED THE WORLD


In its turn, the events of October Revolution were orchestrated by Bolsheviks who overturned the interim provisional government and established the Soviet Union... READ MORE

12th November, 2017 445

THE EARLY SOVIET IMAGES THAT FORESHADOWED FAKE NEWS


While the images in Red Star Over Russia are striking today, and their design legacy is still felt, they weren't necessarily created as works of art... READ MORE

11th November, 2017 2087

'RUSSIAN SPIES MUST SAVE THE WORLD' WARNS FORMER BRITISH DOUBLE AGENT AND DEFECTOR GEORGE BLAKE


The dedicated communist now lives in a country home outside Moscow, where he used to socialise with fellow double agent Kim Philby... READ MORE

10th November, 2017 274

THE DOG THAT ORBITED THE EARTH


Oscar Niemeyer's forgotten masterpiece Jump to media player Construction began on Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer's architectural project in Lebanon in 1967... READ MORE

8th November, 2017 325

ART OF DISSENT: PROTESTING RUSSIA'S PUTIN WITH PUSSY RIOT


LONDON -- Petr Pavlensky, Oleg Kulik and Nadya Tolokonnikova are artists and activists who protest what they see as Russian President Vladimir Putin's increasingly repressive rule... READ MORE

8th November, 2017 560

LENIN THE CAT LOVER: RARE PHOTOS OF SOVIET LEADER GO ON SHOW IN OXFORD


O Lenin Leader of the Russian Revolution is at the North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford, from 8 to 18 November 2017... READ MORE

7th November, 2017 5779

ON CENTENARY OF RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, YOUNG COMMUNISTS SEE VALUE IN OLD IDEOLOGY


Zemlyanoy is second deputy of Moscow's local Communist Party, which he says has about 12,000 members across the city... READ MORE

7th November, 2017 1450

Trending News Headlines : Soviet Union

TRUMP'S BUSINESS NETWORK REACHED ALLEGED RUSSIAN MOBSTERS


Plaza in Manhattan to Russian investors, many of whom sought personal meetings with Trump for his business expertise... READ MORE

29th March, 2017 82521

SOVIET OFFICER WHO AVERTED COLD WAR NUCLEAR DISASTER DIES AGED 77


Petrov was never honoured by the Soviet authorities for his role in saving the world from thermonuclear conflict... READ MORE

19th September, 2017 26426

YEVGENY YEVTUSHENKO POET WHO STIRRED A GENERATION OF SOVIETS DIES AT 83


After he praised Not by Bread Alone, Dudintsev's caustic 1956 novel about Soviet life, Mr. Yevtushenko was expelled from the Literary Institute... READ MORE

2nd April, 2017 18918

RICHARD HAASS EXPLAINS WHY WE SHOULD CARE ABOUT UKRAINE


Ukraine voluntarily dismantled its nuclear warheads under a 1994 deal with the U.S., the United Kingdom and Russia... READ MORE

14th April, 2017 12005

A PROMISE THAT COULD SET THE WORLD ON A DANGEROUS PATH


The arms race also dictated that the Soviet Union respond with overwhelming retaliation against the United States, to quickly neutralize any further threat... READ MORE

24th December, 2016 9858

ANALYSIS | TRUMP CALLS UKRAINE THE THING UKRAINIANS HATE THE MOST


Calling Ukraine the Ukraine would seem to question its sovereignty A fraught thing after Russia's annexation of Crimea and support for rebels in east Ukraine... READ MORE

21st June, 2017 9717

ALLEGED RUSSIAN POLITICAL MEDDLING DOCUMENTED IN 27 COUNTRIES SINCE 2004


More recently affected are Canada and the United States, where Congress and an independent prosecutor are investigating possible Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election... READ MORE

7th September, 2017 9253

LAWYER WHO MET WITH TRUMP JR. HAD RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE CONNECTIONS


Natalia Veselnitskaya had represented a unit linked to the Russian spy agency in a property dispute... READ MORE

22nd July, 2017 8305

'NATO CALLS RUSSIA AN AGGRESSOR, AT THE SAME TIME RUSSIA FINDS ITSELF SURROUNDED BY NATO TROOPS'


RT The German company Optronic HR confirmed recruiting Russian speakers for upcoming NATO drills involving US troops... READ MORE

1st April, 2017 7288

RUSSIAN OFFICER WHO PREVENTED NUCLEAR DISASTER IN 1983


It was designed to detect ballistic missile launches from nine US bases, compute their trajectories, and report the findings to Soviet leaders and top military brass... READ MORE

29th September, 2017 5954

A MAN PLAYED 'POKEMON GO' IN A RUSSIAN CHURCH. HE MAY SPEND 3 1/2 YEARS IN PRISON FOR IT.


Ruslan Sokolovsky, a blogger who played Pokemon Go on his phone in a church, attends a hearing at a court in Yekaterinburg on March 13... READ MORE

30th April, 2017 5926

THREAT OF WAR MAY SOUND SCARIER THAN IT REALLY IS


North Koreas nuclear program is serious, but research on foreign threats and bellicose rhetoric suggests that Americans can hold off on building bomb shelters... READ MORE

10th August, 2017 5235

'MANY SYRIAN FAMILIES ARE CALLING THEIR NEWBORNS PUTIN,' SAYS SENIOR DAMASCUS OFFICIAL


Thanks to the efforts of the Moscow embassy, and with the approval of President Assad, Russian is the second language taught in Syrian schools... READ MORE

22nd April, 2017 5120

U.S. TROOPS TRAIN IN EASTERN EUROPE TO ECHOES OF THE COLD WAR


The United States Army's presence in Europe is a far cry from the height of the Cold War, 30,000 soldiers now compared with 300,000 then, General Hodges said... READ MORE

7th August, 2017 4955

POKEMON GO: RUSSIAN BLOGGER RUSLAN SOKOLOVSKY CONVICTED


Russian 'Pokemon Go' blogger convicted for playing in church... READ MORE

11th May, 2017 4520

'SAYING IT'S RUSSIANS' FAULT LIKE BLAMING EVERYTHING ON JEWS' - PUTIN'S BEST QUOTES AT SPIEF


'Saying it's Russians' fault like blaming everything on Jews' - Putin's best quotes at SPIEF -- RT News... READ MORE

4th June, 2017 4211

WHY WOULD A COUNTRY JUST SWITCH ITS ENTIRE ALPHABET?


Kazakhstan is to shed its heavy Cyrillic coat and don a more fashionable attire the Latin alphabet... READ MORE

31st October, 2017 3845

DID THE WORLD UNITE TO HONOR ST. PETERSBURG ATTACK VICTIMS?


On my first visit to New York City 10 years ago, I was instantly struck by the number of Russians I encountered... READ MORE

5th April, 2017 3654

HOW EUROPES LAST DICTATORSHIP BECAME A TECH HUB


Minsk, the capital of Belarus, is home to more than 30,000 tech workers, and many of them are creating mobile apps used across the world... READ MORE

6th October, 2017 3487

'WRONG' GUN ON KALASHNIKOV STATUE REMOVED


Mikhail Kalashnikov's monument was opened this week to great fanfare by government officials and members of the Russian Orthodox Church... READ MORE

23rd September, 2017 2984

STANISLAV PETROV, THE SOVIET OFFICER WHO SAVED THE WORLD FROM NUCLEAR WAR, DIES AT 77


Stanislav Petrov, who saved the world from nuclear war, dies at 77... READ MORE

19th September, 2017 2451

EXPLORE PYRAMIDEN: THE FORGOTTEN CITY AT THE END OF THE WORLD


In the 1930s, Russia's state-run Trust Arktikugol invested in Svalbard's coal mining operations, and after the Second World War, Pyramiden began to thrive... READ MORE

19th July, 2017 2437

SOVIET-ERA POET YEVGENY YEVTUSHENKO DIES AGED 84


The Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko has died of heart failure in the United States at the age of 84... READ MORE

2nd April, 2017 2378

UNITED STATES MULLS ARMING UKRAINE AS RUSSIAN MENACE GROWS


United States mulls arming Ukraine as Russian menace grows near NATO border... READ MORE

31st July, 2017 2220

PUTIN STARTS WAR GAME ON NATO FRONTIER ALARMING A WARY EUROPE


That estimate includes joint exercises in Kaliningrad, Russia's nuclear-armed enclave on the Baltic Sea that's nestled between Poland and Lithuania... READ MORE

14th September, 2017 1879

MI5 IGNORED WARNINGS ABOUT A SOVIET SPY BECAUSE THEY CAME FROM A WOMAN


Mona Maund penetrated the Communist Party in the 1930s and identified the Soviet Union's longest-serving British spy... READ MORE

1st May, 2017 1869

RUSSIAS WAR GAMES WITH FAKE ENEMIES CAUSE REAL ALARM


Joint Russian and Belarusian military exercises will target fictional countries that look an awful lot like the Baltic States... READ MORE

14th September, 2017 1861

PUTIN IS NOT JUST A SIDESHOW WHEN HE'S YOUR NEIGHBOR


Since his election, President Trump has done little to halt the growing confidence of Russian President Vladimir Putin... READ MORE

22nd March, 2017 1794

TWO TRAINS CRASH IN WESTERN MOSCOW, 50 INJURED[1]


Two trains collided Saturday night in western Moscow, injuring some 50 people... READ MORE

9th April, 2017 1741

'DEMOCRACY WAS HIJACKED. IT GOT A BAD NAME'


The town of Sokh, for example, is part of Uzbekistan, but fully surrounded by Kyrgyzstan, and its 20,000 population are almost entirely ethnic Tajiks... READ MORE

8th December, 2016 1691


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