Yet one of the chief reasons behind continued nostalgia for Soviet Union, is due to Western-designed neoliberal reforms., first introduced Russia during the early 1990s.. ..…

This was a military alliance against the Soviet Union whose purpose was to thwart a presumed invasion of Western Europe by Russia.  .   . ..…

Remember Victoria Nuland boasting that the US has spent more than 5 billion dollars over the past five year to bring about regime change and to convert Ukraine into a fully democratic country and making it ready to enter the European Union? ... The western allies put a Nazi Government into..…

On February 23, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the day of Winter Olympics Sochi, the most winter games to date and the first hosted by Eastern-bloc country since Soviet Union's collapse. ..…

In response to NATO-driven regime-change in western Ukraine, a referendum for union with Russia was held Crimea.  ..…

In contrast to the Soviet Union, however, contemporary Russia offers no clear ideological alternative to Western democracy. ..…

Historically, the north and south have been pawns in the cold war that dominated from the 1950s to the fall of the Soviet Union. China and Russia have been patrons of the North whereas the US and its western allies patronised the south. . ..…

Austria was the first Western European country to import gas from Russia—in 1968, when Russia was part of the Soviet Union. ..…

In 2018, Xi signed another one-hundred billion dollar trade and economic agreement, this time with the Eastern Europe Economic Union, EEEU–Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. Russia has begun work on the Western end of a high speed rail line designed to run from..…

A political newcomer whose anti-corruption pledges won him the presidency of Ukraine in a landslide could weaken Russian President Vladimir Putin, Western officials say. . Both Russia and Ukraine have been dominated by wealthy oligarchs since the collapse of the Soviet Union. ..…

Unlike Western European states, Russia has never had an imperial presence in the region. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union pursued the policy of supporting Arab socialist... ..…

The U.S and European Union refused to recognize the vote and imposed sanctions on Russia, plunging Western relations with Kremlin to their worst level since Cold War... ..…

Swathes of Donetsk and Luhansk regions are now under the facto control of Moscow-backed rebels, while Ukraine says it's determined to re-assert its control, position backed by most Western countries.. The United States, European Union and Russia will be watching Zelenskiy's..…

From the Western perspective, the Soviet Union and then Russia was a failing power. ..…

The NATO-driven Cold War, a constant nuclear threat towards the Soviet Union, was intended to force Russia also to arm for their defense, instead of being able to use their economy’s added value to rebuild their devastated country. ... There was never an intention of the Soviet..…

The NATO-driven Cold War, a constant nuclear threat towards the Soviet Union, was intended to force Russia also to arm for their defense, instead of being able to use their economy’s added value to rebuild their devastated country. ... There was never an intention of the Soviet..…

“NATO was extraordinarily successful,” says Ambassador Burns, “because it was able to deter the Soviet Union, and later modern Russia, from thinking of a conventional attack into Western Europe. ..…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has long sought to strengthen ties with former Ottoman-ruled lands in Balkans, putting Ankara with Russia and EU in the region.. French President Emmanuel Macron last year urged European Union to promote its influence in the Western..…

What were for centuries the Great Powers, and for nearly 50 years after the Second World War, the principal Western Allies and the Soviet Union, have been reconfigured. The Soviet Union has been sliced down to Russia with about 40 per cent of the former Soviet population, offering a..…

Moreover, her ministers were not heard complaining that it was unacceptable when European Union with German backing imposed variety of measures on Russia relating to Western-initiated Ukraine conflict. ..…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's team has intensified opposition to the completion of the in the weeks since Russia seized three Ukrainian naval vessels. Western European countries agree that Russia poses threat to European Union and NATO powers, and German officials..…

The incident, which saw the Ukrainian ships detained and some sailors treated for injuries, was quickly framed as Russian aggression by many pundits and prompted vows of support for Ukraine from European Union officials. As always with mainstream Western coverage of Russia and..…

Venezuela, Cuba, western progressives and some western intellectuals failed to learn about what did not work for Soviet Union and Russia. ... America and Europe have insisted that Western to affluence is the only model of development. ..…

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, however, Professor Pipes emerged as an esteemed Western historian in Russia — a novel experience for a man who had been reviled by Soviet historians throughout his career. . ..…

Ukraine had recently rebelled against Russia by rejecting a pro-Russian candidate in favor of pro-Western Viktor Yushchenko. The country was moving away from Russia’s influence and taking steps toward membership in the European Union, so Russia struck back. . ..…

Neither western nor eastern Ukrainians, however, want to join the Eurasian Economic Union with Russia (82% and 61% oppose, respectively). . ..…