Odesa: Decolonization debate on the Black Sea
In 1880, when much of Ukraine was part of the Russian tsarist empire, the street, which was named after Italy in 1824, was ...
Once a mighty tool of Russia, Gazprom stumbles toward a more modest future
The Russian gas giant could once bring countries to their knees by cutting off energy supplies, until Europe stopped buying ...
Soviet-era propaganda art found in Cotswolds and to be put up for auction
The large-scale painting will go up for sale at Wotton Auction Rooms in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire next week. Auction, Valuer and Managing Director Joseph Trinder said: “It’s a rather ...
Russia Is Wooing Western Energy Companies, but Will They Return?
Industry experts say Western companies will need to weigh potential access to oil and gas riches against political risks and ...
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Three Years In: How Moscow's War In Ukraine Has Reshaped Life In Russia
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which marks its third year on February 24, has been a geopolitical earthquake, shaking the ...
Editorial: Three years after Russian invasion, Trump moves to betray, plunder Ukraine
Abandoning Ukraine would send an unmistakable message that the United States no longer defends freedom when it comes under ...
Munich learns the Cold War is over
Since 1945, the U.S.-Europe relationship has largely been defined by opposition to the Soviet Union. This was the crux of the Cold War: the free West vs. the Iron Curtain in the East. It was this ...
Today in Sports - Wilt Chamberlain becomes first player to score 25,000 points in the NBA
1968 — Wilt Chamberlain becomes first player to score 25,000 points in the NBA. 1980 — Eric Heiden wins his fifth gold medal and shatters the world record by six seconds in 10,000-meter speed skating ...
‘Miracle on Ice’ anniversary: See photos of U.S. Hockey’s win over the Soviet Union at the 1980 Olympics
This Saturday marks the 45th anniversary of the “Miracle on Ice,” when the U.S. hockey team defeated the Soviet Union 4-3, an ...
NEWT GINGRICH: The most revolutionary month of any modern presidency
In one month, the Trump administration has terminated entire agencies and uncovered billions of dollars in crazy and corrupt ...
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Threats of climate change, nuclear war, pandemics, and AI move “Doomsday Clock” closer to midnight
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists made the annual announcement — which rates how close humanity is from ending — citing ...
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February 22, US hockey team beats USSR in ‘Miracle on Ice’
On Feb. 22, 1980, the “Miracle on Ice” took place at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, as the United States Olympic hockey team upset the Soviet Union, 4-3. (The U.S. team went on to win ...