Tag: Soviet
Battle of Chassiv Yar: Soviet Canal to stop Russian tanks
War trophy for Putin’s May 9th? This is how Russia reaches out to Chassiv Yar By Martin Morcinek April 22, 2024, 7:43 a.m Listen to article This audio version was…
China helps Russia carry out ‘largest military expansion since Soviet era,’ US says
China is helping Russia carry out “its largest military expansion since the Soviet era, and at a greater pace than we thought possible” at the start of the war in…
Former Soviet chemist: “Navalny was murdered to prove that Novichok works”
Former Soviet chemist “Navalny was murdered to prove that Novichok works” March 7, 2024, 11:03 a.m Listen to article This audio version was artificially generated. More info | Send feedback…
In Moscow, former Soviet dissident Oleg Orlov goes to prison after reading Kafka
Oleg Orlov, human rights activist and co-chairman of the Memorial organization, Nobel laureate, with his wife, Tatiana Kasatkina, before his verdict hearing in Moscow, February 27, 2024. ALEXANDER NEMENOV /…
Authority from Stalin’s times: Moscow breathes new life into the Soviet defense service
Authority from Stalin’s times Moscow breathes new life into the Soviet defense service January 8, 2024, 6:15 p.m Listen to article This audio version was artificially generated. More info |…
In Estonia, the Soviet legacy collides with the need for energy transition
In northeastern Estonia, in the Ida-Viru maakond region, bordering Russia, tall chimneys and slag heaps dominate the horizon. This Baltic country, independent since 1991 and the fall of the Soviet…
Trick from Soviet times: This is how Russia circumvents film sanctions
Soviet-era trick This is how Russia circumvents film sanctions 08/10/2023 2:29 p.m Western film giants have withdrawn from Russia because of the war of aggression against Ukraine. Nevertheless, even US…
Igor Makarov, from Soviet cyclist to Russian Turkmen gas oligarch
Igor Makarov, during the inauguration of a clinic, in Miami, in the United States, on January 19, 2017. AL DIAZ/MIAMI HERALD/ALAMY Who is Igor Makarov? Despite more than thirty years…
Volodymyr Zelensky or the Soviet Childhood of a President at War
On the class photos, he is always in front. This time, it’s on the left; he’s already the smallest, but that doesn’t make him laugh yet. In this autumn of…
Patrick Besson – Dominique Fernandez, Soviet writer
Reserved for subscribers CHRONIC. The academician publishes an ode to non-dissident Russian writers and, in fact, completely forgotten, except for a few irreducible communists. By Patrick Besson Patrick Besson –…
Militarized Atmosphere: London: Kremlin plans military classes like in Soviet times
militarized atmosphere London: Kremlin plans Soviet-style military classes 01/29/2023 2:26 p.m From September, young people at Russian schools are to receive basic military training. Similar training already existed in the…
Atomic Heart: no more postponement possible, the Soviet dystopian FPS is gold
The ambitious projects of new studios attract the curiosity as much as the concern of the players. There is always hope for Atomic Hearta FPS in a dystopian world with…