And not just out of fear of retribution but also because much of Belarusian society and Lukashenka himself embrace the memorial cult of the “Great Patriotic War” (1941–1945), inseparable from the Russian-Soviet perspective on it. . ... In a recent interview with Radio Liberty, Rudkovsky..…
As a point of comparison, as the Soviet Union was unraveling in 1991, President George H.W. ..…
In 1943, the leaders of the Allied powers — England, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union — met in Tehran, Iran. ... Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin is said to have proposed simply lining up and executing 50,000 Nazis. ..…
In March 27 ruling, Vilnius Regional Court sentenced former Soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov to 10 years prison. ... The verdicts followed three years of proceedings focusing on the deaths of 14 people killed by Soviet Army in Lithuanian capital that month.. ..…
Originally designed to confront the Soviet Union and to prevent workers’ revolutions in Western Europe, NATO’s structure puts Washington in control. ... NATO has been turned into a worldwide police force serving imperialism in an attempt to reconquer colonies liberated during the existence of..…
At a time when the regional balance among the Arab states, between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as between Israel and the Arabs states was seen to be imperiled and when the entire American position in the Middle East appeared, as a result, to be jeopardy, the United States was able..…
Lithuania became Soviet March 1990 to declare independence from Moscow. Fourteen civilians were killed by Soviet January 1991, prosecutors say, television headquarters and TV by Soviet paratroopers. ..…
The Wise Men in Truman administration were determined to contain Soviet expansion, Dean Acheson, and secretary of defense, George Marshall. ..…
Mueller had been in helping the friend of Saudi royals, FBI Director Louis Freeh, to transfer Khobar Towers terrorist bombing case to Freeh's then-friend James Comey. ..…
In 1943, the leaders of the Allied powers England, France, United States, and Soviet Union met Tehran, Iran. ..…
The last Soviet-era leader has stepped down, but a more perilous age is here. . ... The Trumpet watches the former Soviet nations because Putin views the collapse of the Soviet Union as the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the [20th] century.” ..…
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