Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a revival of the Soviet answer to the Eurovision Song Contest in an effort to ...

People's Artist of the USSR Oleg Strizhenov died at the age of 96. This was reported by Strizhenov's assistant. "Yes, it is," ...

Revisiting 'Back in the USSR', a forgotten solo album by former Beatles member Paul McCartney which was released exclusively in the Soviet Union back in 1988.

China poses a significant challenge to U.S. economic dominance, leading in 37 of 44 hi-tech strategic areas. Despite slowing ...

This came more than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, ending the Baltics’ final ties to oil- and gas-rich ...

The curator and art dealer picks five favourites. His latest, "Gilbert & George and the Communists", is an account of his ...

Decades after leaving the Soviet Union the Baltics are in the final hours of relying on Russia - All remaining transmission ...

Between 1929 and 1953, over 18 million people passed through the Soviet Gulags. They were sentenced for "crimes" as small as ...

The annexation of Western Ukraine to the USSR was a political mistake by Joseph Stalin, which led to major negative ...

During the Cold War, American and Soviet scientists embarked on an unprecedented quest to contact extraterrestrials. But ...

"The Reggane region, where the first French atmospheric nuclear tests were conducted in the 1960s in Southern Algeria, is located in one of the most active dust source regions responsible for ...