The collapse of the USSR was a product of the unravelling of the post-war order and the intensification of the fundamental contradiction of capitalism between world economy and the bankrupt nation ...

TASS/. Tectonic processes underway in the world and the Ukrainian conflict originated as early as at the time of collapse of the USSR, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry ...

Key players in the fall of the USSR, including the signatories to the dissolution treaty, recall the momentous events of December 1991. Show more December 1991 saw the end of 70 years of communist ...

"The Soviet Union took on the West and lost," he said ... other economists say Russia doesn't appear to be moving toward a Soviet-style collapse, and that some parts of its economy appear encouraging.

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For the episode of the Founder CEO, I spoke with Michal Borkowski, the visionary behind Brainly, a global education technology platform revolutionizing how students learn and collaborate.

It was 1987 when the journey home began. Upon arrival in Crimea, I immersed myself in those beautiful memories of my ...

Timothy Ryback’s memorable book “Rock Around the Bloc” recounted how Elton John famously shook Moscow way back in 1979, ...

TASS/. Turkey’s siding with Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can be seen as a geopolitical consequence of the collapse of the former Soviet Union, Russian President Vladimir Putin ...