Oleg Gordievsky, Britain's most valuable Cold War spy inside the KGB, dies at 86
LONDON (AP) — Oleg Gordievsky, a Soviet KGB officer agent who helped change the course of the Cold War by covertly passing ...
Viswanathan Anand compares Indian chess to Soviet Union's dominance: ‘We are already a chess superpower’
Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand believes the country has already become a ‘chess superpower,’ drawing comparisons with ...
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Stranger Things: The Soviet Plot and AI Arms Race, a Cold War AI Allegory
The Cold War, a decades-long geopolitical standoff between United States and the Soviet Union, is one of the most defining ...
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100 years after its founding, can a Yiddish institute serve a people who don’t speak the language?
YIVO will mark its 100th anniversary on March 24, approaching the digital age invigorated and ready to reach more Jews.
For Vladimir Putin, Russia’s position in the world is personal. Here’s what he really wants
US President Donald Trump said he thinks Vladimir Putin wants peace. Ukraine and its European allies don’t believe he does.
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The SR-71 Blackbird Was Built to Outrun Soviet Air Defenses
The SR-71 Blackbirds were used in intelligence-gathering operations over the Soviet Union and Vietnam. As Washington and ...
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Complexities of decolonization of names in Central Asia
The complexities surrounding derussifying names are an example of how past legacies are still felt in the region, affecting even the most basic life decisions.
Ukraine truce won’t end Putin’s dream of new Soviet Union – Nato must act before it’s too late, ex-UK defence sec warns
NATO must splash more cash and hang permanent threats over Russia to stop Vladimir Putin grabbing land, a former UK defence ...
Russian court jails anti-war Soviet-era dissident for 16 years, prosecutor says
A military court in St Petersburg jailed Soviet-era dissident and anti-war activist Alexander Skobov for 16 years on Friday after convicting him of "justifying terrorism," the Prosecutor General's ...
Viswanathan Anand dissects D Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Arjun in bombshell verdict: ‘Not dominant like Soviet Union, but…’
India has been highflying in chess recently, and the icing on the cake was D Gukesh’s World Championship victory in Singapore ...
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 genres from Korean brass bands to Uyghur garage rock to Crimean jazz.
‘We Live Here' Examines an Ex-Soviet Nuclear Test Site in Kazakhstan: a "Paradox Etched Into Land"
Director Zhanana Kurmasheva discusses her debut feature, premiering at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, along with producer Banu ...