Russia's options to rebuild its military are knotty
With its arsenal depleted and its reputation battered in Ukraine, Russia must make hard choices to rebuild its military power ...
The Nation23d
The Often Misunderstood History of the Soviet Dissidents
The often misunderstood history of the Soviet dissident movement. In To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause, historian Benjamin Nathans sheds light on how the protest movement reinvented itself at ...
Drive26d
Why this Soviet era off-road relic was doomed in Australia
mostly former Soviet factory managers, and a Yeltsin-friendly group of seven bankers and businessmen. That aside, Lada Australia marketing manager Mr Roger Phillips is brimming with confidence.
Ukrinform27d
Nearly 67,000 men of conscript age working in National Police – Vyhivskyi
There are 67,000 men of mobilization age (between 25 and 60 years old) working in the National Police of Ukraine. This was stated by Head of the National Police, Ivan Vyhivskyi, in an interview with ...
inforum28d
2 FBI agents died tracking Soviet spy on Minnesota’s Iron Range in 1977
The agents, Trenwith S. Basford and Mark A. Kirkland, had been surveilling a University of Minnesota professor who was spying for the Soviet Union, it was first revealed in the 2000 book ...
Duluth News Tribune29d
2 FBI agents died tracking Soviet spy on Iron Range in 1977
The agents, Trenwith S. Basford and Mark A. Kirkland, had been surveilling a University of Minnesota professor who was spying for the Soviet Union, it was first revealed in the 2000 book ...
Defense News29d
Slovakia considers CV90120, Leopards to replace Soviet-era tanks
Slovakia has not bought new tanks since declaring independence in 1993, and it needs to replace its outdated Soviet-designed T-72M1s. Germany transferred 15 2A4s to Slovakia after the nation ...
Forbes1mon
The Tragic Story Of Laika, The Soviet ‘Canine Cosmonaut’ Who Made Space History In 1957
From the streets of Moscow to the stars: Laika, the soviet space dog, pioneered a voyage into space ... [+] that was both groundbreaking and heartbreaking. On November 3rd, 1957, the Soviet Union ...
The Financial Times1mon
My year as a conscript in the Egyptian army
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Conscription became obligatory in Egypt in the early 19th century during the rule of Muhammad Ali, an ...
Indiatimes1mon
'Donald, this is not the Soviet Union': Liz Cheney responds to Trump’s 'fake medal' remarks
Former Representative Liz Cheney responded sharply to President-elect Donald Trump's criticism after she and Representative Bennie Thompson received the Presidential Citizens Medal. Trump called ...