At the time of the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, Communists had been in power for 74 years in Moscow. The Chinese Communist Party has now surpassed “big brother”, as it once called the ...
Even at the height of the East-West Cold War, the old Soviet Union did not share its nuclear weapons technology. While the US provided Britain with the Polaris system (and more recently Trident ...
Ukraine lost the Donbas coal-mining city of Vuhledar, amid a relentless, months-long offensive by Russian forces. It probably doesn’t herald the entire collapse of Ukrainian lines, but it’s definitely ...
Russia to spend 6.3% of GDP on national defence Highest level since the Cold War Defence spending at $145 billion, budget shows Defence spending a third of all spending Defence and security ...
“He takes the advice of the central bank governor, because he is very well aware that this is what brought down the Soviet Union. “But this is a very high interest rate, and it's not really ...
Stalin appointed Bogomolets director of the Institute of Clinical Physiology in Kyiv, where ACS was subsequently produced for wide distribution in the Soviet Union. Stalin is said to have gotten ...