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Mikhail Gorbachev: The rise and fall of the last Soviet leader

Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91, was revered in West but criticised by many Russians for overseeing end of USSR.

Al Jazeera

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies

He oversaw bold reforms and later the collapse of the USSR.

Axios

Watch as Latvia topples Soviet-era monument which paid tribute to the Red Army

The monument was built in 1985 when Latvia was part of the USSR

Evening Standard

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‘They would have preferred hell’: The Battle of Stalingrad, 80 years on

The Second World War’s deadliest battle – and one of the most brutal of all time – started on August 23, 1942, when Adolf Hitler’s forces went all out to seize the city bearing Joseph Stalin’s name. If ever a battle was like an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object,…

France 24

Ukrainian people are resisting the centuries-old force of Russian imperialism - Ukraine war at 6 months

The war being waged by Russia in Ukraine has been described in many ways – an attempt to recreate the USSR, a militant attempt to create a new Eurasia civilization, or a proxy war between Russia and the West. But whatever Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ambitions and aspirations were in…

The Conversation

Russia’s threats to shut down Jewish Agency raise alarm bells for those who remember the past

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 sparked a surge of refugees fleeing the war zone, but political repression and economic uncertainty have also prompted emigration from Russia itself. Among the emigrants are Russian Jews, 16,000 of whom have left for Israel in the nearly six months since the war’s…

The Conversation

Chess: Uzbekistan win Olympiad while David Howell takes performance gold

Central Asian state, seeded 14, wins the 180-nation team event ahead of Armenia and India 2, while Howell’s 7.5/8 total echoes the 1980s

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Nightlands review – talking through what’s become of Russia

Two caretakers at an abandoned Soviet mining village in the Arctic debate their unease at the country’s present and what became of the USSR

The Guardian - UK

US Navy deploys four warships east of Taiwan as Pelosi heads to Taipei

HONG KONG: As US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi headed to Taipei on Tuesday amid intensifying warnings from China, four US warships, including an aircraft carrier, were positioned in waters east of the island on "routine" deployments.

Bangkok Post

Vadim Bakatin, last head of Soviet KGB, dies at 84

Vadim Bakatin, a liberal politician who briefly headed the Soviet KGB in the months leading up to the collapse of the USSR, has died at the age of 84, Russian state media said on Monday.

Reuters

Lavrov’s African tour another front in struggle between west and Moscow

Analysis: Foreign minister seeks to win friends and influence people in countries where closeness can be traced back to USSR

The Guardian - UK

Amid conflict, Latvia leads Baltics in felling Soviet memorials

Momentum to remove Soviet monuments gathers pace during Russia’s war on Ukraine, but issue remains divisive.

Al Jazeera

Lithuania blocks rail connections to Russian Baltic Sea exclave

Lithuania on Monday defended its decision to block rail transit from Russia to a Russian Baltic Sea exclave in a move that drew Moscow's ire as tensions continue to rise in the region. Meanwhile, Russia's invasion of Ukraine is pushing former USSR republics of Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine itself to…

Radio France Internationale

Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev 'seriously ill' at 91

The leader of the former USSR worked with the West to bring about the end of the Cold War

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Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, 91, 'seriously ill' with kidney ailment

Former president of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, 91, is on dialysis for a serious kidney ailment after suffering repeated and "worsening" health issues, Russian media outlet Mash reported

Daily Mirror

Sir Paul McCartney axes Beatles hit song Back in the USSR from all live shows

Sir Paul McCartney decided to drop the hit 1968 song - about a Russian spy returning home - ahead of his recent Get Back tour

The Conversation

Why Putin's policy towards Ukraine has strong parallels to Stalin's post WWII plan for Germany

Almost four months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s policy is becoming clear. The war between Ukraine and Russia is likely to be a long one. It is becoming obvious that the western states, and particularly the countries of Europe, will have to provide assistance on an unprecedented scale,…

Daily Mirror

Fears Vladimir Putin will restart USSR nuclear base to launch new atomic weapons

A referendum in Belarus in February permitted the country to host nuclear weapons once more and permanently act as a base for Russian troops with fears it will be used for Russian nukes

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Still no peace in Europe 25 years after signing of NATO-Russia Founding Act

On 27 May 1997, NATO and Russia signed a non-binding treaty that for years formed the foundation for cooperation between the two sides, separated between 1949 and 1989 by the Cold War's Iron Curtain. But today, not much is left of this early attempt to heal divisions between the former…

Inverse

Behold! A “cosmic cataclysm” reveals a strange sight in the Milky Way’s satellite galaxy

In this edition of Inverse Daily, read about a cosmic cataclysm, an anniversary for the U.S. and U.S.S.R. in space, and why we're all so obsessed with UFOs.

Inverse

50 years ago, the U.S. and U.S.S.R. joined forces to ensure astronauts could survive in space

In 1972, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. signed a landmark agreement that led to the first international space mission — a test to ensure one superpower could help the other's astronauts out in space.

The Independent UK

Leonid Kravchuk: First president of independent Ukraine

The politician played a key role in the dissolution of the USSR and helped usher in a new era for the eastern European country

Tribune News Service

Mac Engel: Vladimir Putin has turned the NHL’s Russian tough guys into a roster of meek cowards

FORT WORTH, Texas — His name was Roman Lyashenko, and the ruling was suicide.

Radio France Internationale

Did NATO's expansion drive Vladimir Putin to war?

The combination of Russia's decades-old fear of an eastwards-expanding NATO and its own invasion into Ukraine seems to have had an adverse effect: non-aligned Finland and Sweden strongly considering joining the anti-Russian alliance and increasing the tense stand-off between Moscow and the west.

WEKU

Leonid Kravchuk, independent Ukraine's 1st president, dies at age 88

Kravchuk led Ukraine as its Communist Party boss in the waning years of the Soviet Union. He played a pivotal role in the demise of the USSR before holding the Ukrainian presidency from 1991 to 1994.

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