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Mikhail Gorbachev, First and Only President of the Soviet Union, Dies at 91
Time via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoMiklhail Gorbachev in Moscow, on 15 Feb. 2013. Credit - Hans-Juergen Burkard—laif/Redux Mikhail...
Vintage photos show what life looked like behind the Iron Curtain
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoChildren admire a painting on a sunny beach day in Russia.Vladimir Bogdanov/FotoSoyuz/Getty Images...
Fallen colossus: USSR's terror, triumphs began 100 years ago
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years ago“Anyone who doesn’t regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart,” he said. Five years after...
Why is there a monument to a Nazi collaborator in suburban New York?
Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn Tuesday, Russia celebrated Victory Day, the annual national holiday that marks the Soviet Union’s...
Mikhail Gorbachev's legacy
Yahoo News· 2 years agoWASHINGTON — I would not be writing these words if it were not for Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader, who died on Tuesday at the age of 91. By...
Russia’s fanning of anti-Israeli sentiment takes dark detour into Holocaust denialism
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoPeople wave Russian, Palestinian and Hamas flags. Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty Images) The war in Gaza...
Ukraine: how the UK press reported the Nazi invasion 1941-45
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoshutterstock During the second world war there were notable exceptions to the at times slavish...
Ukraine War: Putin is a student of history - so what can that tell us about the possible outcomes of...
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoPutin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine over a year ago initiated a conflict that shows no sign of...
'You caused this': As Finland joins NATO, see the 1939 Soviet-Finnish War amid Russia's...
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe complicated relationship between Russia and Finland is yet again in a state of decline. Finland...
A forgotten Soviet novel, 'Babi Yar,' returns to remind us about a Holocaust massacre that continues...
Yahoo News· 1 year ago"Babi Yar," a remarkable novel about the killing of at least 30,000 Ukrainian Jews, is being...