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Secret plan for UK to protect Irish skies
Under The Radar Relations between Dublin and London have historically been strained but covert co-operation has endured for decades
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Goodbye Lenin? How Russian revolutionary haunts Vladimir Putin 100 years on
The Explainer Current president has a complicated and contradictory relationship with his Soviet predecessor
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Nato’s new plans to defend Europe from Putin
feature Most comprehensive shake-up of defence planning since end of Cold War will see 300,000 troops on stand-by
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What will Russia look like after Putin?
Today's Big Question There are no guarantees of stability for the West if or when the president departs
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Kim Philby: unmasking the original Cold War double agent
In the Spotlight New files reveal infamous Soviet spy could have been outed years before defecting
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What’s happening between Armenia and Azerbaijan?
In Depth Worst fighting in two years prompts Russian and EU attempts to broker peace
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How the world reported on the death of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
feature Media praises him for ‘ending Cold War’ but others criticise him for ‘darkness’ and ‘naivety’
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Chernobyl: what is the history, impact and present risk?
Speed Read UN atomic agency to investigate reports that Russian troops left with radiation exposure
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Vladimir Putin’s narrative of Russian victimhood examined
feature Russian president has repeatedly pointed to his country’s history to justify Ukraine invasion
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What does Vladimir Putin want from Ukraine?
feature Moscow accused of dangling threat of war in Europe to extract guarantees over Nato expansion
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The effort to extinguish Turkmenistan’s ‘Gateway to Hell’
In the Spotlight Natural gas crater in the Karakum desert has burned for five decades
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Ukraine seeks World Heritage status for abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant
Speed Read Area should be preserved as ‘unique destination of interest for the whole of mankind’, minister says
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How the Soviet Union fell
In Depth And why Mikhail Gorbachev’s election was the final nail in the coffin
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Russia ‘tries to declare Stalin historian insane’
Speed Read Historian who angered the Kremlin by exposing Soviet leader’s crimes begins enforced psychiatric testing
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