The anti-colonial sentiments spread across newly independent states boosted their rapport with Soviet Union and this was much strengthen when Moscow provided ample funds to Third World countries in order to galvanize their national economies which was perceived by Soviet Union as an..…

On Dec. 25, 1991, faced with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the administration of George H. ... Bush reversed its earlier insistence that Ukraine remain in union with Moscow and formally recognized its independence. . . ..…

It was one of the founding republics of the Soviet Union in 1922, subject to decisions in Moscow. . The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 left Ukraine with nuclear missiles it couldn’t launch, an economic landscape ripe for control by oligarchs, and ambiguous relations with..…

It was one of the founding republics of the Soviet Union in 1922, subject to decisions in Moscow. . The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 left Ukraine with nuclear missiles it couldn’t launch, an economic landscape ripe for control by oligarchs, and ambiguous relations with..…

On August 23, 1989, two million people of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania formed a 675.5 kilometres long ‘human chain’ demanding freedom from the Soviet Union. Moscow did not prevent the massive popular defiance because, by that time, Moscow had given up the Brezhnev Doctrine of November..…

As rule, foreign tourists trips to Soviet Union started Moscow or Leningrad. ..…

Vladimir Putin’s centralization of power in Moscow over the last 18 years reflects his belief, and that of many others’, that the disintegration of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . . ... Twenty-five years ago, Moscow’s massive nuclear weapons stockpile could not..…

It rejected a U.S. demand to destroy the new missile, the Novator 9M729, known as the SSC-8 by the NATO Western military alliance. . Moscow has told Washington the U.S. decision to quit the pact undermines global security and removes a key pillar of international arms control. . ..…

It has rejected a U.S. demand to destroy the new missile, the Novator 9M729, known as the SSC-8 by the NATO Western military alliance. . Moscow has also told Washington its decision to quit the pact undermines global security and removes a key pillar of international arms control. . ..…

German American Bund, or German American Federation, was German- American pro- Nazi organization established in 1936 to succeed Friends of New Germany, the new name being chosen to emphasize American credentials after press criticism that the organization was unpatriotic. ..…

Putin decided to halt Russia's in INF Treaty in mirrored response to U.S from the key arms-control pact signed by Soviet Union and United States in 1987.. Moscow and Washington have accused each other of violating the recent years amid increasing tensions.. ..…

Putin decided to halt Russia's in INF Treaty in mirrored response to U.S from the key arms-control pact signed by Soviet Union and United States in 1987.. Moscow and Washington have accused each other of violating the recent years amid increasing tensions... ..…

That experience made some in Moscow leery after 1991 of accepting European projects for cross-border Euro-Regions, which the Europeans wanted as part of a common neighborhood policy and that they had used to lessen the significance of national borders within the European Union. At first,..…

In the long term, U.S. efforts to dominate China’s periphery invite a Chinese military response on America’s periphery like that formerly mounted by the Soviet Union.  Moscow actively patrolled both U.S. coasts, stationed missile-launching submarines just off them, supported..…

In the long term, US efforts to dominate China’s periphery invite a Chinese military response on America’s periphery like that formerly mounted by the Soviet Union. Moscow actively patrolled both US coasts, stationed missile-launching submarines just off them, supported anti-American..…

The first interpretation, which emerged in the late 1940s and 1950s, placed responsibility for the Cold War on the Soviet Union. ... U.S. policymakers were primarily interested in continuing wartime cooperation with the Soviet Union and had trouble comprehending Moscow’s..…

We need to keep you safe from the threat of communism and from conspiracy to take over United States that is orchestrated by Soviet Union and that is based Moscow, Russia. ..…

In exchange for “passively facilitating” “Israel’s” plans in Syria (though importantly after having stopped their full success through the 2015 anti-terrorist intervention there), Russia expects to receive generous “Israeli” foreign direct investment once Tel Aviv formally joins the Eurasian..…

“For Russia, investments and military saber-rattling about protecting Venezuela has always been about showing strength in America’s neighbourhood… The Kremlin has tried to mimic what it sees as U.S. and NATO foreign policy of entering and meddling in Moscow’s perceived sphere of influence,..…

Lithuania became Soviet March 1990 to declare independence from Moscow. Soviet Union was dissolved December 1991.. Fourteen civilians were killed by Soviet January 1991, prosecutors say, television headquarters and TV by Soviet paratroopers. ..…

Lithuania became the first Soviet republic in March 1990 to declare independence from Moscow. The Soviet Union was formally dissolved in December 1991. . Fourteen civilians were killed by the Soviet army in January 1991, prosecutors say, all but one of them during the storming of the state..…

The heart of the collaborator and follower of the genius of Lenin's work, the leader and teacher of Communist Party and of Soviet people, stopped beating... ..…

Ata Mohammad Noor, former warlord who Soviet troops and served attended meeting last Moscow that brought together former Afghan officials, opposition figures and Taliban... Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan December 1979, driven by fears that U.S could try to establish foothold next to..…

Russia on Thursday accused the United States of trying to usurp power in Venezuela and warned against a military intervention by confronting Washington and the European Union, which backed protests against one of Moscow's closest allies, Venezuelan partial recognized President Nicolás..…

Jewish organization working in the former Soviet Union inaugurates exhibition in Moscow on the life of Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel. ... A Thousand Jews Gather in Moscow For Jewish Learning . Limmud FSU expects large turnout for Jewish study conference, one of largest former Soviet..…

At this point in time, a number of these people may view the Ecumenical Patriarchate as a ‘lesser evil’ than the Moscow Patriarchate, just as they view the European Union in relation to Moscow’s Eurasian Union, but this is not what they ultimately are hoping for. ..…

Soviet soldiers froze in the fields and in the snow, while Germans clung onto their positions in the seized settlements outside Moscow. 4. Right Soviet Union received the delivery of military equipment from Britain as part of British Lend-Lease assistance program to USSR.. ..…

He finally disappeared January 1961 and popped up several months later Moscow, where he lived until his death in 1988.. British double-agent Philby, who spied for Soviet Union and fled to Moscow in 1961... ..…

The city of Raqqa was recaptured from the terrorists last October by predominately-Kurdish units, which form part of the Syrian Democratic Forces backed by the US-led coalition. . Moscow and Damascus have drawn attention to the situation in Raqqa on numerous occasions. ..…

That led Lukashenka to dig in his heels against Moscow's demand for Russian base on Belarusian territory, something Moscow thought it had already secured agreement years earlier .. To prevent Minsk from refusing again, Moscow is pressing for Union State military doctrine that..…

Two large blocs confronting each other Eastern Europe NATO and EU on one side, and Collective Security Treaty Organisation and Eurasian Economic Union, both Moscow-dominated, on the other. ..…

German and Russian leaders have scaled back contacts while Moscow's ties with European Union have deteriorated to post-Cold War low mainly over Ukraine conflict.. Ties between Moscow and West worsened later that year when Black Sea Crimean Peninsula voted in referendum to..…

©AFP Germany says it's too early to discuss lifting European Union's economic sanctions against Russia over Moscow's alleged in Ukraine crisis... ..…

By series of sanctions imposed by Russia has been targeted United States and European Union for allegations that Moscow is arming and supporting pro- Russian forces fighting Ukraine.. ..…

During Cold War, Soviet Union used Kurds to bypass America's containment in the region.. ... More recently, Moscow decided to invite Democratic Union Party, to congress of Syrian ethnic groups Sochi, and announced the party would be included in Astana talks. ..…

there is chance that the attack on Soviet Union would have occurred earlier and Moscow would have fallen before winter.. ..…

By 1936, revolutionary conditions were emerging France and Spain that could reawaken the long suppressed aspirations of the working class in Soviet Union. Moscow Trial and Great Terror were preemptive strike against Old Bolsheviks in general, particularly against anyone associated with..…

Battle of Moscow . . Hitler’s objective in invading the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) was always Moscow. ... The Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union began on 22 June 1941 and ended with the Battle of Moscow (this specific battle was listed at number five due..…

More than 10,000 other members of Poland's elite and intellectual community were dispersed around the Soviet Union to suffer similar fates. . Moscow, which has never formally apologized, initially blamed the killings on the Nazis and only admitted responsibility in 1990 after the end of the..…

Home → Collections → Soviet Union . . . . Soviet Union's Fall Unsung . ... MOSCOW -- Ten years after Mikhail Gorbachev closed the book on the Soviet Union, the anniversary Tuesday went almost unnoticed in the Russian capital. ..…

MOSCOW -- The leaders of Russia, Ukraine and Byelorussia announced the dissolution of Soviet Union Sunday and had agreed to establish ``Commonwealth of Independent States`` in its place.. ..…

Washington and London have said that pouring large amounts of money into Soviet economy at this time would not help the country restore its health, and Tokyo is hesitant to help Moscow until it secures agreement on the return of Kurile Islands that have been occupied by Soviet Union since..…

He also announced formal diplomatic relations between Moscow and the Vatican. Finally, he said he and the pope discussed a possible papal visit to the Soviet Union. . ..…

Pope John Paul II Tuesday named Roman Catholic in Soviet Union, in another sign of improving relations between Vatican and Moscow. ..…

Albania received massive aid from the Soviet Union after the break between Tito’s Yugoslavia and Moscow. Hoxha refused to countenance the reaction that set in against Stalin in the Soviet Union after the latter’s death in 1953. ..…