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The life and times of Mikhail Gorbachev – the last leader of the USSR
The New Voice of Ukraine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoImmediately after Russian dictator Vladimir Putin replaced former Russian President Boris Yeltsin,...
Gennady Burbulis, top Yeltsin aide and official, dies at 76
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGennady Burbulis, a top aide to Russian President Boris Yeltsin who helped prepare and sign the 1991...
Musician Travis Leake spoke up about freedom of speech in Russia with Anthony Bourdain in 2014. Now...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe 2014 episode of Parts Unknown set in Moscow and St Petersburg has been called one of the “most...
Key events in Vladimir Putin's more than two decades in power in Russia
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn a surprise address to the nation, President Boris Yeltsin announces his resignation and makes...
Arrests of Russian generals and officials raises questions about Putin's war machine
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoRussian President Vladimir Putin.ALEXANDER NEMENOV via Getty Five senior figures in Russia's defense...
An unprepared West contemplates threat of Russia’s nonstrategic nukes
Defense News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNuclear threats have been a regular feature of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s discourse since...
A Russian Human-Rights Champion on Why Putin’s Soviet Propaganda Is So Dangerous
Time via Yahoo News· 10 months agoRussian President Vladimir Putin during the Second Summit Economic And Humanitarian Forum Russia...
On This Day, April 23: Rhythm Club fire kills 209 Black patrons
United Press International via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA plaque bears the names of those who died in the Rhythm Club fire on April 23, 1940, in Natchez,...
Gorbachev ended Cold War but presided over Soviet collapse
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLauded in the West as the man who helped bring down the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War without...
Bill Clinton claims he knew Russia would invade Ukraine more than a decade ago after chilling...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoThe scale of destruction in Ukraine is a scene millions of people across the world never saw...