Few would deny that the EU now also has a Soviet-style “nomenklatura”; a new class of “Eurocrats” which also enjoys legal ...

The White House too often exaggerates or ignores the real degrees of danger posed by perceived major threats of the time.

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Since the collapse of the old Soviet Union, Russia has cut a substantially diminished figure on the international stage.

It has crippled Russia’s flagship energy industry, depleted t Wealth Fund, and impoverished the Russian countryside, ...

The New START treaty has expired, ending decades of nuclear limits. Here’s what it means for the US, Russia, China and global ...

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In 1991, Sergei Krikalev was aboard the Mir space station when the Soviet Union collapsed beneath him. This is the story of how he became the last Soviet citizen in space, endured months of ...

The Russian foreign minister recalled that "the organization was created to contain the Soviet Union and its geopolitical allies" ...

In 1991, Sergei Krikalev was orbiting Earth aboard the Mir space station when the Soviet Union collapsed beneath him. This video tells the remarkable story of how a cosmonaut became stranded in space ...