Scanning their eyes seaward, Japanese were surrounded by great foes Soviet Russia to the north-west, China to the west and south-west, the US to the south. ..…

In the early years of this century, when the post-Soviet wave of democratization still seemed inexorable, Putin reversed Russia’s course, restoring centralized authority in the Kremlin and reviving the country’s standing in the world. ... Yeltsin, aging and alcoholic, had brought..…

Putin’s rise to power in 1990s came amid the tumultuous years of low-living standards, corruption and unbridled capitalism that benefited a small sector of society following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. . When Putin became Russia’s president in the year 2000 many Russians..…

Indeed, it’s worth remembering that before becoming bitter enemies, Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia shared much in common. ..…