The Moscow Times on MSN3d
Soviet Dissident Pavel Litvinov on Freedom of Speech Then and Now: ‘Nothing Is More Important’
Pavel Litvinov is a former Soviet dissident and human rights activist who played a key role in protesting state repression in ...
The National Interest on MSN8h
The Su-27’s Legacy for the Russian Air Force
Powering the Su-27 are two Saturn AL-31F turbofan engines, each producing over 27,500 pounds of thrust with afterburners. These engines give the Flanker a top speed exceeding Mach 2.35 (around 1,550 ...
15 Countries That Were Once Part of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union stretched across Asia and Europe and ruled more than 15 republics. Unfortunately, the era of centralized ...
Amid Soviet Central Asia's boogie nights, the rhythms of a region's future
A Soviet-era Central Asian pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends ...
Foreign Affairs16h
The Pentagon’s Endangered Brain Trust
To prevent its findings from being blocked or watered down by the defense department’s bureaucracy, ONA was instructed to ...
‘Sanatorium’ Visits a Brutalist Ex-Soviet Wellness Resort in Ukraine Offering an “Oasis of Respite”
DOX in Copenhagen: "I pretty much fell in love with the place after a week of mud baths, and hydro massages, electro massages ...
The Economist6h
India sees opportunity, as well as risk, in Trump’s trade war
Although that is manageable for Mr Modi in the short term, it comes as the economy is slowing and the stockmarket slumping. A ...
Oleg Gordievsky, K.G.B. Officer Turned Double Agent, Dies at 86
While climbing the ranks of the Soviet spy agency, he spent more than a decade working for British intelligence as one of its ...