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. ..…
After the German invasion, few houses or buildings were left standing in the western part of the Soviet Union. ... No Western leaders argued at that time with the figures, figures which showed 80 percent of German casualties were caused by the Soviet..…
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... ..…
Employing the terror weapon has not produced good results for Western countries. CIA fielded army of terrorists against Soviet Union Afghanistan. Saudi Arabia built vast system of madrassas to indoctrinate Wahabism, remarkably of Islam. ..…
But it was always clear from the beginning that Hitler was moving east, not west — toward Soviet Union. it's certainty that the war would have been between Germany and Soviet Union — i.e., Nazism versus communism, while Western powers stood aside and let..…
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