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Fallen colossus: USSR's terror, triumphs began 100 years ago

With its brutality, technological accomplishments and rigid ideology, the Soviet Union loomed over the world like an immortal colossus

The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022

From Queen Elizabeth to Coolio, the celebrities and public figures who left us in 2022

From Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II to France’s iconic fashion designer Thierry Mugler and the Soviet Union’s last leader Mikhail Gorbachev, many notable public figures left us in 2022. FRANCE 24 takes a look back at the lives and legacies behind some of the year’s most high-profile deaths.

France 24 · Dec 29, 2022

NATO and the War in Ukraine

The end of the cold war in 1991 brought along questions as regards NATO’s future. It has been more than 30 years and NATO’s ability to adopt itself to “the most complex security environment since the end of the Cold War” has preserved it as the strongest military alliance able…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 26, 2022

George Orwell’s dystopian novel ‘1984,’ about an autocratic regime that oppresses its citizens, is now a bestseller in Russia

George Orwell’s book about a totalitarian ruler who clamps down on citizens’ freedoms and keeps them under constant surveillance is a big hit in Russia.

Fortune · Dec 14, 2022

China and Russia’s uneven relationship can be explained with one word

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, China’s reaction in response to the Russian aggression has been fiercely debated in the western media. The majority of the discussions have focused on one particular term: “no-limits friendship” – a phrase believed to have been taken from a Sino-Russian joint statement issued a…

The Conversation · Dec 13, 2022

Mikhail Gorbachev remembered by Pavel Palazhchenko

The former Soviet leader’s longtime translator remembers an optimist who wanted to achieve his goals by persuasion, not force, and understood that he was a man of history

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022

235,000,000 review – interestingly groovy portrait of the Soviet Union in the 1960s

Ranging across the vast Eurasian landmass, director Uldis Brauns and his crew captured extraordinary vignettes of everyday life, both big and small

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022

America's dubious Space Race recruits

Desperate to win the Space Race against the USSR, the US quietly recruited prominent engineers from Nazi Germany

Salon · Dec 10, 2022

Which player has scored the most goals in World Cup knockout games?

Plus: last beating first in the group stage, thrashings in vain and the glory of the one-armed goalscorer

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2022

Mikhail Gorbachev wanted to save communism, but he buried it instead

The death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, under whose leadership the communist bloc was brought to an end, was met in the west with tributes and personal reminiscences by leaders who had met him and enjoyed his company. This reverence wasn’t matched in Russia or…

The Conversation · Dec 5, 2022