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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...
Diane Francis: Meeting with Russia's troika of recent leaders — a dreamer, a drunk, and a spy
Financial Post via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoMikhail Gorbachev’s death marked the passing of a significant figure in the 20th century who lifted...
30 years ago, the Kremlin crushed a parliamentary uprising, leading to strong presidential rule
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThree decades ago, the world held its breath as tanks blasted the Russian parliament building in...
Russia investigates Boris Yeltsin museum for 'foreign agent' activity - RIA
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe Yeltsin Centre in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg pays tribute to the life, work and legacy of Yeltsin, who served as post-Soviet Russia's first president from 1991 to 1999 and designated ...
Mikhail Gorbachev, First and Only President of the Soviet Union, Dies at 91
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMiklhail Gorbachev in Moscow, on 15 Feb. 2013. Credit - Hans-Juergen Burkard—laif/Redux Mikhail...
'Fortnite' features '80s pop-inspired song from Springfield band Dragon Inn 3
Gannett via AOL· 3 months agoSharon Hamm jokes with her colleagues that it "only took me 37 years to make any of my music dreams...
Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny slams Russia’s ‘corrupt’ elite for bringing Putin to power
CNN via Yahoo News· 9 months agoJailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny on Friday took aim at Russia’s “corrupt” elite that...
Musician Travis Leake spoke up about freedom of speech in Russia with Anthony Bourdain in 2014. Now...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe 2014 episode of Parts Unknown set in Moscow and St Petersburg has been called one of the “most...
Mikhail Gorbachev dies; Soviet Union's last leader helped end Cold War
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor six long years, Mikhail S. Gorbachev assiduously turned his attention to one Herculean chore —...
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,...