One thing is certain: Somewhere in the shadowy ranks of the KGB there`s a Soviet operative wondering if he should try to take credit for ”Letter to Brezhnev,” a smart-looking proletaria… ...

Brezhnev also oversaw a massive investment in the Soviet military; according to the historian Archie Brown, Brezhnev brought the Red Army, et al., into “rough parity with the United States.” ...

The late Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev`s son-in-law, Yuri Churbanov, has been arrested under accusations of bribe-taking and corruption, Foreign Ministry spokesman Gennady Gerasimov said Tuesday.

A mirror image of the Brezhnev Doctrine is the American Doctrine. Once a nation has been “liberated,” like Germany and Japan, a U.S.-style democracy will be imposed.

MOSCOW—Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev is Russia's most cherished leader of the 20th century, followed by Vladimir Lenin, according to a poll published Wednesday. Mr. Brezhnev ruled the Soviet ...

Brezhnev was fortunate not to live long enough to be forced to try to undertake deep changes to the Soviet economy, as his successor, Mikhail Gorbachev, eventually was.

Brezhnev relaxing in Moscow in 1971 (ITAR-TASS) MOSCOW, December 15, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The history books will not remember Leonid Brezhnev as the most influential of Soviet leaders.

Vladimir Putin's plan to return to the presidency next year, which could open the way for him to rule for another 12 years, has drawn critical comparisons to long-serving Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev ...

He was standing by when Brezhnev’s security detail stormed in ahead of the General Secretary, and demanded to know what certain metal poles were doing in a particular place.