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Russia aims to reclaim Soviet space glory with 2036 launch of ambitious Venus mission

Russia plans to launch the Venera-D mission to Venus in 2036, continuing the Soviet Union's legacy of exploring there in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Space

Front lines of humor: Dark humor voices Ukrainians’ hopes for victory

In 1991, a simple line appeared in Broom, a Lithuanian satire and humor journal. “A shortest joke: Communism,” it said. A one-liner to celebrate the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The Conversation

AI helps find new clues in the 60-year search for Luna 9, the 1st successful moon lander

Scientists may have narrowed down the landing site of the Soviet Union's Luna 9, which in 1966 became the first spacecraft to touch down softly on the moon.

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No Excuses for Zohran Mamdani and Radical Socialism

The new mayor's buddy, Hasan Piker, wishes the Soviet Union had won the Cold War.

Reason

Why Ukraine should avoid copying Finland’s 1944 path to peace with Moscow

The Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, recently drew parallels between his country’s experience from its conflicts with the Soviet Union during the second world war and Ukraine’s current struggle against Russian aggression. The analogy has gained considerable traction.

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Dau director Ilya Khrzhanovsky: my ‘pornographic propaganda’ recreating the USSR is more important than ever

When Khrzhanovsky’s colossal immersive project on the horrors of the Soviet Union launched in 2019, it caused uproar in east and west alike. Now, he plans to release its ‘mother film’, to expose the ‘huge danger’ the world faces today

The Guardian - UK

Russia’s decision to pull out of nuclear treaty makes the world more dangerous

Russia has announced it will no longer uphold its obligations under the intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) treaty, signed by the Soviet Union and the United States in December 1987. The decision has raised questions about the future of nuclear deterrence and the danger of global nuclear proliferation.

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With only one nuclear arms pact left between the US and Russia, a new arms race is possible

For decades, the threat of nuclear conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union hung over humanity

The Independent UK

Why the US is letting China win on energy innovation

During the cold war, the US and Soviet Union were locked in a desperate race to develop cutting‑edge technologies like long-range missiles and satellites. Fast forward to today and the frontiers of global technology have pivoted to AI and next‑generation energy.

The Conversation

The Soviet Union had its own Sherlock Holmes? Yes, and episodes are streaming free online right now

Watch Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson on YouTube right now to see what Holmes aficionados consider one of the better adaptations of Doyle’s iconic detective.

WhatToWatch

Australia’s 1980 Moscow Olympians were ‘labeled as traitors’. Now they’re finally being recognised

Competitors felt betrayed by Fraser government singling them out despite continued trade with Soviet Union after invasion of Afghanistan

The Guardian - AU

Failed Soviet Venus lander Kosmos 482 crashes to Earth after 53 years in orbit

The Soviet Union's failed Kosmos 482 Venus lander fell back to Earth today (May 10), bringing a five-decade space odyssey to a dramatic end.

Space

Putin evokes WWII victory to rally Russia behind Ukraine offensive

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday evoked the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany to rally his country round the Ukraine offensive at a grand military parade in Moscow in front of his key allies.

Radio France Internationale

Old Soviet Venus lander's fall to Earth will be no ordinary space junk crash. Here's why

The Soviet Union's failed Kosmos 482 Venus probe will fall back to Earth from orbit soon, and it may well make it to the ground in one piece.

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Putin Gears Up For 'Grandest' Victory Day Amid Ukraine Conflict

Russian President Vladimir Putin will address the "grandest" ever annual Victory Day parade in Moscow on Friday, evoking the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II to rally support for his troops fighting in Ukraine.

Euronews

Soviet-era spacecraft from aborted Venus mission set to plummet to Earth

The Soviet Union launched the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 in 1972, one of a series of Venus missions.

The Conversation

Putin’s three-day ceasefire isn’t a genuine move towards peace, but Ukraine has to play along

The Russian leader, Vladmir Putin, has announced a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine to commence on May 8, coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in the second world war. The Kremlin says “all hostilities will be suspended” during this period and has made it clear it expects…

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A failed Soviet Venus lander will fall back to Earth after being stranded for 53 years

A Venus lander launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 has been predicted to fall back to Earth some time in May.

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Will the U.S. collapse like the Soviet Union did?

“You’re next,” said a Russian historian I interviewed in 1993 about the Soviet Union’s collapse in late 1991. I was an American student in St. Petersburg, and he was referring to the United States.

Latin Times

Trump Compared to Soviet Secret Police By Former Anti-Communist Political Prisoners: 'Shocked Zelenskyy Treated in the Same Way'

Former prisoners of the Soviet Union's communist regime have written a letter addressing Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy clash in the Oval Office.

The Independent UK

China's Communist Party has ruled for 75 years. Will it make it to 100?

More than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party of China retains a firm grip on power

France 24

Telegram messaging app CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport

Pavel Durov, Franco-Russian billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at the Bourget airport outside Paris, French media reported, citing unidentified sources, and is set to appear in court Sunday. Russian-born Durov, 39, founded Telegram with his brother in 2013, and the encrypted messaging app is…

The Guardian - UK

Peter Reddaway obituary

Academic who played a major role in highlighting the repression of dissidents in the Soviet Union and in the founding of Index on Censorship

Space

How the CIA 'kidnapped' a Soviet moon probe during the space race

To gain insight on how the Soviet Union built moon-bound gear, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) carried out a covert spy job on a Soviet exhibit in 1959.

Fortune

Grindr CEO says you have to be 'arrogant and crazy' to become a founder

George Arison, who grew up in the Soviet Union, is guided by the prospect of doing the impossible, he said at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference.

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