In 1974, the Soviet Union expelled dissident writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn. In 1983, a blaze engulfed a crowded movie theater ...

Recently published books can help readers better understand Russia and the war in Ukraine. Here is a list of must-read books.

Chernobyl's radiation shelter has been allegedly hit by a Russian drone, according to claims made by Ukrainian President ...

One of the many little-known facts about the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is that some 25% of its territory lies north of the Arctic Circle. The Soviet Arctic (some of which is south of the ...

President Trump wants Russia to get back into the Group of 7 economic forum of top democratic economies from which it was ...

The flow of electricity between the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and Russia has been officially severed.

Revisiting 'Back in the USSR', a forgotten solo album by former Beatles member Paul McCartney which was released exclusively in the Soviet Union back in 1988.

A common feature of successful revolutions is chaos. Those who have sought change, and have succeeded, have very often not ...

As Trump grants Putin his main wish to end war in Ukraine, Kyiv and Europe voice anger at not being included in proposed ...

Nearly 3 1/2 decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this weekend will ...

came more than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union. It ends the Baltic countries' final ties to oil- and gas-rich Russia. "Our joint success, which would be impossible without the ...