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Russia’s centuries-long quest to conquer Ukraine
Kyiv Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRussia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022 shocked many around the world. Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered several excuses for...
Ukraine's fraught relationship with Russia: A brief history
The Week via Yahoo News· 5 months agoPhoto montage of Kruschev, Putin, Stalin and Volodymyr the Great. The history of what we now think...
EXPLAINER: What's the impact of a Russian debt default?
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRussia appeared to default on its foreign debt for the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution...
Russia can use Brittney Griner to hurt Joe Biden – and Putin knows it
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThere’s an unforgettable description in a recent New Yorker profile of Brittney Griner, who endured...
Charles C. Milliken: Understanding Russia as a criminal enterprise
The Monroe News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIn the ongoing brutal ugliness of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a sudden surprise popped up as...
Time to question Russia’s imperial innocence
The New Voice of Ukraine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Kremlin’s propaganda builds on seeing Russia as both victimized by the West and entitled to regional dominance in the former Soviet territories. In...
Op-Ed: Russia's identity mirrors its rulers. Putin reflects absolutism, Gorbachev fragile hope
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoVladimir Putin, right, listens to former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in northern Germany in...
What Prigozhin's Death Reveals About Putin's Power in Russia
Time via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA portrait of Yevgeny Prigozhin is seen at the makeshift memorial in front of the circus building in...
Goodbye Lenin? How Russian revolutionary haunts Vladimir Putin 100 years on
The Week via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPainted Matryoshka dolls, also known as Russian nesting dolls, depicting Vladimir Lenin and Vladimir...
The true story behind the execution of the Romanov family shown in 'The Crown,' including what the...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Romanov family's execution is depicted in episode six of "The Crown" season five.Netflix/Getty...