On This Day, Feb. 13: Soviet Union expels dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn
In 1668, Portugal was recognized as an independent nation by Spain. In 1861, the first Medal of Honor was awarded. It went to ...
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Osama bin Laden’s Secret Weapon: Economic Literacy
Osama bin Laden never commanded an army, but he managed to militarily and economically defeat the US by enticing its ...
Vance eviscerates 'Soviet'-style European censorship in address to Munich Security Conference
In a speech to European leaders, Vice President JD Vance said the continent's recent record of censorship was a bigger threat ...
Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry ...
Russian TV falls for fake report on DeepSeek's 'Soviet code'
A spoof Russian news report that China's DeepSeek AI app was based on a secret Soviet code has found its way onto state TV, ...
Back in the USSR: Putin revives Soviet-era 'Eurovision' with new allies
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a revival of the Soviet answer to the Eurovision Song Contest in an effort to ...
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SOVIET UNION: Saga of the Sedov
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 ...
The Soviet Fighter That Swarmed the Skies in WW2
According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over ...