For most of us in the West, until the fall of the Berlin Wall “Russia” was synonymous with the Soviet Union. Among the 15 ...

In 1978, Soviet scientists stumbled upon a family living in a remote part of Russia. They hadn’t interacted with outsiders for decades. Almost half a century later, one of them is still there ...

Moscow-backed Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s health is in question, and speculation about succession is rife. The Kremlin wants to keep Chechnya quiet, especially amid the war on Ukraine. Kadyrov ...

Mark Smith’s impressive history surveys life in the Soviet Union, and its advances and failures from Khrushchev to Gorbachev ...

Patrick Nebout and Henrik Jansson-Schweizer, creators of the multi-prized "Whiskey on the Rocks" which smashed ratings ...

The Soviet Union spent more than 40 years trying to achieve what has just been handed to Vladimir Putin on a plate.

We don't know if Maduro’s ousting will make freedom ring for oppressed Venezuelans, but that message would resonate worldwide ...

Mark B Smith’s Exit Stalin tells the history of a Soviet society largely without protest, without violent repression, without dramatic events, and without sudden economic shifts ...

He was a familiar face from Broadway productions of “Company,” “Titanic” and “Six Degrees of Separation” and from many movie ...

Ponies' creators talk about Season 1 cliffhangers in Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson spy series, as well as plans for a Season 2 ...

Julia Ioffe left the Soviet Union in 1990 at age seven, when her family immigrated to the United States. In her newly released Motherland, the Russian American journalist does a full-on investigation ...

For fans of the iconic animated duo Tom and Jerry, the Tom & Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology is getting a Blu-ray release on December 2. This collection is currently available to preorder for $59.99 ...