For Russia’s Economy, Peace Poses a Threat
Russian military spending has propped up the country’s output and dulled the effect of Western sanctions. If a peace deal is ...
Exclusive: Russian central bank sees chance of prolonged low oil price cycle
Russia's central bank has warned the Kremlin's policy makers the United States and OPEC have the capacity to flood the oil ...
15 Countries That Were Once Part of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union stretched across Asia and Europe and ruled more than 15 republics. Unfortunately, the era of centralized ...
Amid Soviet Central Asia's boogie nights, the rhythms of a region's future
A Soviet-era Central Asian pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends ...
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The Soviet enigma and its tragic aftermath
Boris Kagarlitsky's The Long Retreat provides a necessary Marxist analysis of the Soviet tragedy, says Walden Bello ...
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev was the last General Secretary of the Soviet Union. Appointed in 1985, Gorbachev's domestic reforms and nuclear disarmament deals helped end the Cold War but ultimately led to ...