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The list of foreign companies pulling out of Russia keeps growing

The invasion of Ukraine is causing a mass exodus of companies from Russia, reversing three decades of investment by Western and other foreign businesses there following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.The list of those cutting ties or reviewing their operations is growing by the hour as foreign…

Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2022

50 years on - the nuclear 'triangle' resurrected with Russia on high alert

Fifty years ago, the US and China signed the "Shanghai Communiqué" leading to the normalisation of ties between Washington and Beijing. Its main purpose was to counter the Soviet Union which had threatened to "take out" China's nuclear arsenal. RFI looks at how this historical 'triangle' is being reformed against…

Radio France Internationale · Feb 28, 2022

When did Putin come to power? How Putin rose from KGB spy to political dominance

Putin has been the dominant figure in Russia for more than 20 years, and previously served in the KGB - the Soviet Union's intelligence and security service

Wales Online · Feb 28, 2022

Jay Ambrose: We can win this Cold War, too

Some years ago, when I was editor of a now-defunct newspaper in El Paso, Texas, my wife and I bought a house with a deteriorated, spider-filled, filthy, underground fallout shelter in the backyard. It made me shudder, not because of its appearance, but because it represented past fears of the…

Tribune News Service · Feb 26, 2022

Ashton Kutcher voices support for wife Mila Kunis' native Ukraine after invasion

Mila Kunis was born and raised in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, which was part of the Soviet Union until 1991. The actress and her parents, along with her brother, moved to America when she was seven years old

Daily Mirror · Feb 26, 2022

Russian threat is forcing a rewrite of US defense plans

WASHINGTON — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will trigger a revision of U.S. defense strategy and budgets, experts say.

Tribune News Service · Feb 25, 2022

Russian threat is forcing a rewrite of US defense plans - Roll Call

U.S. defense planners and lawmakers are readjusting their plans and budgets after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Roll Call · Feb 25, 2022

Israel Seeks ‘Delicate Balance’ in Ukraine Crisis

With Russian forces in neighboring Syria, Washington its unswerving ally and about a million citizens with ties to the former Soviet Union, Israel is seeking a delicate balance in the Ukraine crisis. For residents of Bat Yam, just south of Tel Aviv and home to many Jews with roots in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 25, 2022

Nixon library marks 50 years of US-China relations amid low point for diplomacy

YORBA LINDA, Calif. — Fifty years ago, President Nixon landed in Beijing in a historic visit to China that opened the door to diplomatic relations between the two countries, shifting the power dynamics of the Cold War and undermining the Soviet Union's global influence.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 25, 2022

Emily Sheffield: If Putin has miscalculated on Ukraine, this invasion will be his downfall

In 1999, as a journalist working for this newspaper, I flew into Ukraine for a short trip to report on the situation there. In the throes of a financial crisis, soaring inflation had rendered their currency worthless, eight years after they had voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union.…

Evening Standard · Feb 25, 2022