Putin says he pulled Russia back from the edge of the abyss
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he had pulled Russia back from the edge of the abyss after the chaos ...
Opinion - The fall of Assad is an ‘emperor has no clothes’ moment for Putin
It took Assad’s regime to fall and Putin to accept it meekly for the West to appreciate that things weren’t all that rosy in ...
BBC1 年
VE Day: The fall of Nazi Berlin in pictures
Nazi Germany had invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941 and killed an estimated 25 million of the country's civilians and military. But now, Adolf Hitler's Germany was on its knees. A depleted and ...
BBC8 年
The Break-Up of the Soviet Union
Key players in the fall of the USSR, including the signatories ... end of 70 years of communist rule and the collapse of the Soviet Union. We hear from two of the key signatories of the ...
来自MSN24 天
The Soviet Union’s Economy: Rise and Collapse
The Soviet Union's economy was as influential as it was controversial. Discover the rise and fall of this historic system and the lessons it offers for modern economies. Donald Trump named Time ...
BBC2 年
Mikhail Gorbachev: Thousands pay respects to last Soviet leader
Many Russians blame Mikhail Gorbachev for launching reforms that caused economic chaos and for letting the Soviet Union fall apart. Fellow Nobel Laureate Dmitry Muratov led the coffin out on Mr ...
International Monetary Fund6 年
Macroeconomic Developments in the Baltics, Russia, and Other Countries of the Former Soviet ...
During 1992–97, most of the Baltics, Russia, and other countries of the former Soviet Union have made significant progress toward macroeconomic stabilization. While average inflation has declined ...