He who sets out on revenge must first dig two graves.” Chinese Proverb. The Americans struck the first blow. The USCentral Intel­ligence Agency, CIA, pulled a coup in the Union of Soviet Socialist ...

Lithuania became the first country to declare independence from the Soviet Union on March 11, 1991. Here is a quiz on ...

Does Russian President Vladimir Putin understandably feel threatened by the growing number of former USSR countries that have become democracies and are trying to align with the West and its values?