The relationship between Pretoria and Moscow was forged in the apartheid era with the then Soviet Union giving support to banned ANC fighters.
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A claim about how persecuted Jews were freed from the Soviet Union decades ago relates to how Palestinians might be treated today.
Different translations show the nuances in the relationship between China and Russia over nearly a century.
The death of the last leader of the Soviet Union brought tributes, largely from the west. But his real legacy has been misunderstood.
The on-again, off-again war between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been raging for 30 years and has been tilting back and forth. Armenia accused Azerbaijan a few days ago of opening fire on its positions on the border when EU experts went to the area to try to find peace.
The US and the Soviet Union never engaged in direct combat, but their influences were felt worldwide, including in armed conflicts involving other nations.
Giving Ukraine large amounts of money while not actually declaring war on Russia has various benefits for the US and other countries. Chiefly, it could protect US soldiers and civilians.
Memorial embodies resistance to the radical evil of modern totalitarianism.
The Cold War provided the US with strategic and defensive advantages; some politicians also used it to push their view of what it meant to be American.
In opinion polls over the past two decades, she’s routinely selected as one of the most popular Russians – often appearing second only to Vladimir Putin.
Fifty years later, the Summit Series still occupies a heightened role in the Canadian cultural consciousness.
Russian actions in occupied Ukraine are following a plan modeled on how the Soviet Union dismantled Nazi influence in Germany after World War II – including arrests and revised school lessons.
The new discovery echoes a mission in 1931, when a five-day zeppelin flight sent robots to the stratosphere and redrew the maps of the high Arctic.
There’s no question the Russian population is subject to a Russian media largely loyal to the Kremlin. But that doesn’t mean Vladimir Putin lacks genuine supporters.
The global realignment triggered by the end of the Cold War and Gorbachev’s reforms ushered in a period of transition on the African continent.
Gorbachev failed in his two main aims: to hold togteher a reformed Soviet Union and cement its place in a new world order.
While Mikhail Gorbachev was feted in the West — he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 — he was widely despised in Russia by those both mourning and celebrating the end of Soviet power.
External changes, including the end of the Cold War, helped lead to the ending of apartheid. Gorbachev played a major role in that process.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev played a significant role in bringing down the wall between eastern and western Europe.
Mikhail Gorbachev died at 91 on Aug. 30, 2022. A historian of the Soviet era assesses his impact and the consequences of his failed attempts to reform state socialism.
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