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What is the significance of Russia’s Moskva warship sinking?

The Black Sea Fleet flagship entered service in Soviet times and had been deployed in conflicts from Georgia to Syria.

Al Jazeera

What is an oligarch? The circle of businessmen who made their wealth after the fall of the Soviet Union

Some of Russia's richest and most powerful men have been described as oligarchs. But what does the term really mean and why is the West so fascinated with them?

ABC News

Putin's Russia: people increasingly identify with the Soviet Union – here's what that means

The view that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, wants to restore territories of the Soviet Union has been a big part of the commentary on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But how much is he in tune with the wishes of the Russian people? Our research suggests that while Russian citizens…

The Conversation

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UK's secret nuclear bunkers hidden in forests and under streets amid Soviet war fears

The top-secret network of bunkers was built during the Cold War when Britain was an ally to the United States, and the threat of imminent nuclear war with the Soviet Union loomed large

Daily Mirror

Secret bunkers hidden in Greater Manchester's streets, woods and buildings that were built amid fears of attack from Soviet Union

The bunkers were built at a time when there was very real fear of a nuclear war

Manchester Evening News

The USSR's golden age of science

If not for the scientists working for the Russia-led Soviet Union, America would be much worse off today

Salon

Putin calls them ‘gnats.’ But war back home strengthens ties of a South Florida community

MIAMI — Ukrainian Olena Doronina and Russian Alexandra Ignatkina huddled over their cellphones to watch videos sent by Doronina’s son and siblings, who are trapped in Kherson, a Black Sea port city in the south of Ukraine occupied by Russian soldiers.

Miami Herald

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Analysis: War, economy could weaken Putin's place as leader

The Russian military is bruised and retreating from around Kyiv

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: Amid failure to capture Kyiv, Putin appoints new commander for Ukraine

May 9 'Victory Day' is the most significant day in Russia as it marks the anniversary of the Soviet Union's triumph over Germany in the Second World War. Full story

Dynamite News

Why Indonesia is still inviting Russia to the upcoming G20 summit despite the invasion of Ukraine

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is urging Indonesia to reject Vladimir Putin's presence at the G20 in Bali later this year, saying it would be "a step too far". But Indonesia says Mr Putin's invitation stands and it wants to remain impartial. Here's why.

ABC News

Was Ukraine Wrong to Give Up Its Nukes?

The Real Legacy of Kyiv’s Post-Soviet Disarmament

Foreign Affairs

Russia is sparking new nuclear threats – understanding nonproliferation history helps place this in context

During the 1960s, the Soviet Union and the United States came close to war over the Soviet’s attempt to install nuclear weapons in Cuba, 90 miles off the Florida coast.

The Conversation

Fries The Limit: Russian Fighter-Bomber Jet Down In Flames

The Sukhoi Su-34 was first developed for the Soviet Union,with an initial flight in 1990.

Zenger

Russia's denial of responsibility for atrocities in Bucha recalls 50 years of lies over the Katyn massacre

Ukrainian troops entering the city of Bucha, 25km north-west of the capital Kyiv, have reportedly found evidence of what appear to be horrific war crimes committed during the month-long occupation by Russian forces. Having forced the Russian troops out of the area, any jubilation at the victory was cut short…

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Zenger

Tor Very Much: Russia Shows Off Its Tor Air Defence System

The Tor missile system was originally developed by the Soviet Union and current versions built by the Russian Federation.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin Warns West: Rouble-for-Gas Scheme Is the 'Prototype'

President Vladimir Putin's rouble payment scheme for natural gas is the prototype that the world's largest country will extend to other major exports because the West has sealed the decline of the US dollar by freezing Russian assets, the Kremlin said. Russia's economy is facing the gravest crisis since the…

Manchester Evening News

The Soviet plan to send tanks down the Mancunian Way: Russia's blueprint for invading Greater Manchester

Bury New Road and Washway Road were identified as key routes for tanks

ABC News

Xi Jinping once called Vladimir Putin his ‘bosom buddy’, but Russia's failing gambit in Ukraine hands China an opportunity

China wants to strengthen ties with Russia, but given the complex love-hate relationship between the two powers, it's not clear how that will play out in Ukraine.

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The Guardian - UK

A youthquake against Putin is unlikely. The history of Soviet hippies shows why

They created parallel universes without confronting the political order – although their satirical stance lives on, says Juliane Fürst of the Centre of Contemporary History at Potsdam

Asharq Al-Awsat

All Russia’s Big Exports Could Soon Be in Roubles, Kremlin Signals

The Kremlin indicated on Wednesday that all of Russia's energy and commodity exports could be priced in roubles, toughening President Vladimir Putin's attempt to make the West feel the pain of the sanctions it imposed for the invasion of Ukraine. With Russia's economy facing its gravest crisis since the 1991…

Reason

It's time to kill off the Soviet Union in cyberspace

Let's retire the .su country code

The Hindu

Ukraine: the pawn in the power game

History will not absolve the U.S. of a part of the blame for the human tragedy that has engulfed Ukraine

Inverse

50 years ago, a Soviet spacecraft spent a critical 50 minutes on Venus

Launched in March 1972, Venera-8 was part of the Soviet Union's exploration of Venus — in less than an hour it revealed critical details of this seemingly inaccessible planet.

The Guardian - UK

Index on Censorship, inspired by Soviet dissidents, marks 50 years of fighting for free speech

The brave protests of Soviet dissidents in 1968 spawned an organisation that is still giving voice to Putin’s critics today

Los Angeles Times

In fiery speech, Biden calls out Putin on Ukraine: ‘This man cannot remain in power’

LVIV, Ukraine — With the war in Ukraine at a critical juncture, President Joe Biden on Saturday used the capital of a country once dominated by the Soviet Union to demand an end to Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s vast power and to exhort U.S. allies to stand up to Russia’s…

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