The 2022 invasion came as a shock to many of Russia’s neighbors in eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia, ...

WATCH: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev recalled the collapse of the U.S.S.R., in an interview with Lyudmila Telen of RFE/RL's Russian Service in 2011. Embed share Gorbachev Recalls How The ...

Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Soviet leader who knocked down the walls between East and West, dies at 91. Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Soviet ... according to Russian news agencies. Advertisement.

Today's Russian leader, President Vladimir Putin, calls the collapse of the Soviet Union, the very one Gorbachev presided over, the greatest catastrophe of the 20th century. Charles Maynes, NPR ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at 91. Gorbachev instituted major reforms that contributed to the collapse of the USSR in 1991. He was awarded the Nobel ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he would not like to see his country return to the Soviet practice of having lifelong rulers who died without a clear succession procedure.

November 09, 2017. The Presidency: AHTV - U.S. Presidents & Ties to Russian and Soviet leaders 1917-2017 The University of Virginia's Miller Center convenes scholars for a conference on the ...

The focus is Ukraine, but Russian troops have been in five former Soviet republics this year — a reflection of Vladimir Putin's desire to maintain a "sphere of influence" beyond Russia's borders.