On November 3rd, 1957, the Soviet Union made history by launching the first living creature into Earth’s orbit: not a human, ...

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The Museum of Moscow removed a planned section on Soviet repressions from its “History of Moscow” exhibition due to external ...

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Published on this day in 1973, "The Gulag Archipelago" drew on Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's experiences as a ...

These days Russia and North Korea are writing a new battlefield history together. North Korea has dispatched some 12,000 ...

Queen Elizabeth II wasn't told details of her long-time art adviser's double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials ...

In August, President Vladimir Putin signed a bill allowing migrants to be expelled without a court decision. Three months ...

Authors: Hanna Hopko, co-founder of the International Center for Ukrainian Victory (ICUV) Andriy Mikheev, international lawyer at the International Center for Ukrainian Victory (ICUV) Justice for ...