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Why People Are Comparing Boris Yeltsin to Vladimir Putin 30 Years Later and Why They’re Wrong
Slate via Yahoo News· 7 months agoLeft, members of the military loyal to Yeltsin sit on a tank in 1993 in Moscow in front of the...
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...
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...
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 —...
Putin starts fifth term as Russian president with gilded ceremony
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoVladimir Putin prays with Patriarch Kirill. Both men were onceKGB spies - Alexey...
Russia Has a Vodka Addiction. So Does Vladimir Putin – But Not the Same Way.
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOf the dozens of vodka factories strung across Russia’s 11 time zones, the crown jewel of the Russian liquor industry is the Kristall distillery in downtown Moscow, birthplace of the world-famous ...
Navalny says he hates those who put Putin in power, but not the dictator himself
Ukrayinska Pravda via Yahoo News· 9 months agoPolitician Alexei Navalny who has been convicted by Putin's regime wrote an article in which he...
Poisoning, shooting, imprisonment: The mysterious fates of Vladimir Putin’s critics and rivals
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 months agoJailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has died in an Arctic penal colony after years of harsh...
Pioneering U.S. television journalist Barbara Walters dead at 93
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBarbara Walters, one of the most visible women on U.S. television as the first female anchor on an...
Michelin-Starred La Tour d'Argent In Paris Served Historic Kings
Tasting Table via Yahoo News· 5 months agoLa Tour d'Argent has garnered multiple Michelin stars over the years, as well as a prestigious list...