Soviet Union
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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
By Elliott Goat, The Week UK Published
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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
By The Week Staff Published
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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
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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Alexander Lukashenko: Europe’s last dictator
In the Spotlight Former pig farm manager dubbed Putin’s ‘little brother’ oversees a corrupt mafia state in Belarus
By The Week Staff Published
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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
By The Week Staff Published
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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
By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Last updated
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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’
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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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
By The Week Staff Published
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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
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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Why Kazakhstan protests sparked ‘colour revolution’ fears
feature Russian-led military bloc to start withdrawing troops as detentions near 10,000
By The Week Staff Published
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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
By The Week Staff Published
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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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Declassified tapes give new insight into inner workings of East German Stasi
Speed Read Trove of classified recordings includes interrogations by communist secret police
By Joe Evans Last updated
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