The Latest Breaking News from USSR

In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that permanently changed the way we see the world. 

People tell Guardian of ‘primitive’ living standards, propaganda in schools and constant risk of arrest

During the Cold War, the Soviet government banned jazz, rock 'n' roll and other music. A group of bootleggers came up with an unusual way to distribute the music they loved.

In 1948, the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance was signed between the Soviet Union and Finland, providing a key basis for relations between the two states that was to last throughout the cold war. With memories of the 1939 “winter war” between the two still acute, the agreement…

U.S. mortality data was "especially scary remembering that demographics were the best early warning on the collapse of the USSR,” Summers tweeted.

The Tetris movie has been released today and stars Taron Egerton as Hank Rogers, the man who brought the well-known, video game from the USSR to the rest of the world. The movie was shot in Scotland on location in Glasgow and Lanarkshire, as well as Aberdeen.

While Jimmy Carter was president, his critics claimed his foreign policy was weak and had emboldened the Soviet Union. Carter, who is 98 and recently entered home hospice treatment, is today known for having prioritized human rights during his term. Yet this view forgets that in Afghanistan, Carter launched an…

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.

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

Top official tries to recast part of American history to make his anti-Palestinian movement seem less extremist

A right-wing Israeli politician is trying to recast a key part of American history.