Amid Soviet Central Asia's boogie nights, the rhythms of a region's future
A Soviet-era Central Asian pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends ...
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MiG-105 Spiral: The Little-Known Soviet Starfighter
The Spiral’s primary mission, had it made it beyond the test stage, would have been a combination of reconnaissance and ...
How US foreign aid cuts are threatening independent media in former Soviet states
But the purge of US foreign aid programmes will also affect Ukraine and other former Soviet countries in more insidious ways.
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Full Court Press: Alexander Ovechkin and the weight of greatness
Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as the eighth general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union on March 11, 1985.
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The Soviets Built a Jet Powered Train and It Was as Wild as It Sounds
For five years, the Soviet Union tinkered with the jet train, even testing it on public rails. But the project collided with ...
‘Sanatorium’ Visits a Brutalist Ex-Soviet Wellness Resort in Ukraine Offering an “Oasis of Respite”
DOX in Copenhagen: "I pretty much fell in love with the place after a week of mud baths, and hydro massages, electro massages ...
The Voice of America Falls Silent
American soft power will suffer with the Trump administration’s decision to silence Voice of America and Radio Free ...
From Moscow to Washington, how Alex Ovechkin became the Great 8 on the way to chasing NHL history
Ovechkin was surrounded by young talent in his early years in Washington. Center Nicklas Backstrom, defenseman Mike Green and ...
Ukraine will need major rebuilding when war ends − here’s why the US isn’t likely to invest in its recovery with a new Marshall Plan
Trump wants Ukraine to repay the US for the military aid it sent Kyiv. Once upon a time, the US was more generous: It rebuilt ...
The U.S. won't likely lead Ukraine's postwar recovery
President Donald Trump wants Ukraine to repay the United States for helping to defend the country against Russia's invasion.
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Oleg Gordievsky, K.G.B. Officer Turned Double Agent, Dies at 86
Associated Press In practice he helped the British root out secret operatives and informants working for the Soviet Union. He kept up enough of a front to please his K.G.B. bosses in Moscow ...
Oleg Gordievsky, Britain's most valuable Cold War spy inside the KGB, dies at 86
LONDON (AP) — Oleg Gordievsky, a Soviet KGB officer who helped change the course of the Cold War by covertly passing secrets ...