An author of books on Russia who spoke the language, she had no diplomatic experience but formed an unlikely bond with the ...
“These steps were petty but chilling,” Gene writes. “They reminded me of the way photographs … in the old Soviet Union would be altered to erase officials who had fallen out of favor and ...
Lukashenko’s foreign policy echoed the old Soviet Union’s position during the Cold War. He railed against Western imperialism and travelled to Belgrade amid NATO bombing to support Serbia’s ...