Russia’s cosmos town, an isolated relic of Soviet glory
by Nikolay KORZHOV Agence France-Presse BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AFP) - Malik Mutaliyev walks by an abandoned amusement park in wintry Baikonur,…
5 years ago
Soviet Union
Lenin statue unveiled in western Germany after legal battle
by Tom BARFIELD Agence France-Presse GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AFP) — A divisive new monument to Soviet leader Lenin was unveiled in…
6 years ago
Azerbaijan calls snap presidential poll
by Elman Mamedov Agence France-Presse BAKU, Azerbaijan (AFP) - Azerbaijan's strongman Ilham Aliyev on Monday called a snap presidential vote for April,…
8 years ago
New party gives voice to Russian speakers in Cyprus
LIMASSOL, Cyprus (AFP) - Muscovite pensioner Svetlana Bogomilova emerges from a Russian grocery store into the Mediterranean sunshine near the Limassol beachfront…
8 years ago
Cars, castles and communism: things to know about the Czech Republic
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AFP) - The Czech Republic emerged from four decades behind the Iron Curtain to become a member of…
8 years ago
Five things to know about Vladimir Lenin’s mummified body
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Almost 94 years after his death and a quarter century after the fall of the Soviet…
9 years ago
Five things to know about Czech Republic
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AFP) - The Czech Republic, holding a two-day general election which ends Saturday, has been an EU member since…
9 years ago
Zbigniew Brzezinski, anti-Soviet White House adviser, dies at 89
WASHiNGTON, United States (AFP) -- Zbigniew Brzezinski, the hawkish Polish-born Cold War strategist and former top aide to United States…
9 years ago
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