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Reporting Ukraine 90 years ago: the Welsh journalist who uncovered Stalin's genocide

Ninety years ago, a young Welsh investigative journalist uncovered the Soviet Union’s genocide in Ukraine, Stalin’s attempt to stamp down on rising nationalism. The Holomodor, as it became known, was responsible for the deaths of some 4 million Ukrainians through deliberate starvation.

The Conversation

Vladimir Putin: What is driving Russian leader’s relentless assault on Ukraine?

He sold the invasion as a collective decision with his military chiefs, but it is the president alone who will have to answer to history, writes Mary Dejevsky

The Independent UK

Ukrainian Jews Reflect On Their Arrival In The State Of Illinois Since The Start Of The War

Ukrainian Jews who have settled in Illinois since war began & a report that the state has been largely pro-Ukraine.

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How the US missed a chance to improve Soviet ties after death of Stalin

Sunday March 5 marks the 70th anniversary of the death of Joseph Stalin. The sudden demise of the Soviet dictator marked the end of an era, but it wasn't the major turning point it could have been in US-Soviet relations. In his book "The Last Days of Stalin", activist and…

France 24

When will it be over? And 9 more questions about Russia, Ukraine and a year of war

How is Russia framing its invasion? What happened to the Ukrainians who fled? And when, how and why will the war end? NPR reporters answer your questions on everything Ukraine.

WEKU

Vladimir Putin: What is driving Russian leader’s relentless assault on Ukraine?

Ukraine – a year of war: He sold the invasion as a collective decision with his military chiefs, but it is the president alone who will have to answer to history, writes Mary Dejevsky

The Independent UK

Russian invasion of Ukraine is an attempt to restore pre-communist empire, researcher claims

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is part of Moscow's attempt to restore the empire that existed before the emergence of the Soviet Union. RFI's Jan van der Made talked to Professor Serhii Plokhy, director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University on how the West failed to read Russian President…

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Ukraine, one year later: Lessons from life during wartime

Here in Europe, in the 21st century, a World War I-style artillery war is unfolding that has killed thousands and laid waste to vast parts of Ukraine. Unlike the present conflict, World War I was preceded by a decades-long buildup. One year on, we are still asking why Vladimir Putin…

France 24

Putinology: the art of analyzing the man in the Kremlin

They used to be called Kremlinologists — American experts on the Soviet Union. Now there's a new generation of Putinologists who seek to interpret Russia by analyzing its authoritarian leader.

WEKU

Europe-minded Moldova feels the heat of Russia's war in Ukraine

Moldova, a small and poor country with a Romanian-speaking majority between Ukraine and Romania, has been pulled between Russia and the West since gaining independence from Moscow with the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Reuters

Factbox-Russia's nuclear arsenal: how big is it and who controls it?

President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Russia has struck a deal with neighbouring Belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its territory but will not violate non-proliferation agreements. The following are details of Russia's nuclear arsenal, how big it is and who commands it.

Reuters

War in Ukraine tests long-standing neutrality of some European nations

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 not only brought war to Europe once again but saw Sweden and Finland formally apply for NATO membership, a decided shift away from the long-standing policies of neutrality cherished by several European countries.

France 24

Jimmy Carter's lasting Cold War legacy

Carter is often criticized for foreign policy weakness, but his approach to the Soviet Union was highly effective

Salon

Scientists digging 'the deepest hole in the world' discover 'sound of HELL'

Scientists and geologists taking part in the Kola Superdeep Borehole project, by the Soviet Union in the 1970s were said to have come across a noise so horrific listeners said it was the 'sounds of hell' - but the sound was faked, looped and edited to sound so harrowing

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The Conversation

Cuba: why record numbers of people are leaving as the most severe economic crisis since the 1990s hits -- a photo essay

Record numbers of Cubans are fleeing their country as the island suffers its worst socio-economic crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

WEKU

Militaries have sought to use spy balloons for centuries. The real enemy is the wind

The U.S. government suspects that China's surveillance balloon may have blown off course. It wouldn't be the first time.

Reuters

Soviet-era bike revived by Russian factory as Moscow shuns West

One of the Soviet Union's most popular bicycle brands has been revived by a Russian factory after spending decades in obscurity, the latest Russian-made product to hit shelves as Moscow champions domestic production over Western imports.

Reuters

Treholt, Norwegian Cold War spy who served Soviet Union and Iraq, dies at 80

Arne Treholt, a Norwegian diplomat who sold Western secrets to the Soviet Union during the Cold War and as recently as 2020 warned countrymen not to antagonise Russia, has died in Moscow aged 80, the Norwegian government said on Monday.

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The Independent UK

Norway official who spied for the Soviets has died in Moscow

Arne Treholt, the former Norwegian Foreign Ministry official who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union in what became Norway’s biggest Cold War espionage scandal has died in his Moscow home

The Conversation

More lunar missions means more space junk around the Moon – two astronomers are building a catalog to track the trash

Scientists and government agencies have been worried about the space junk surrounding Earth for decades. But humanity’s starry ambitions are farther reaching than the space just around Earth. Ever since the 1960s with the launch of the Apollo program and the emergence of the space race between the U.S. and…

The Guardian - UK

Blue Mountains review – brilliant Georgian shaggy-dog satire on the Soviet mindset

A welcome revival of a 1980s comedy prophesying the collapse of the Soviet Union

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the history of feelings: a serious subject

Editorial: Books and documentaries can not only tell us what happened in the Soviet Union and why – but why it matters

The Independent UK

Olympic bans and boycotts go back a century

Ukraine and the three Baltic countries have moved a step closer to boycotting next year’s Paris Olympics because of the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes

Radio France Internationale

War of words marks 80th anniversary of Russian victory in Stalingrad

As Russian President Vladimir Putin attends World War II commemorations in southern Russia, on the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in Stalingrad, Europe continues to support Ukraine in the war against Russian invaders.

Reuters

Space power China to build ground stations on Antarctica to support satellites

China, only the third country to put a man in space after the Soviet Union and United States, is to build ground stations on Antarctica to back its network of ocean monitoring satellites, state media said on Thursday.

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