Was the end of the USSR inevitable — or the result of human decisions? This video dissects the economic decay, political paralysis, and personal choices that brought down one of history’s superpowers.

Gould-Davies, a senior fellow for Russia and Eurasia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies who has served as ...

Few moments in history shocked the world like the fall of the Soviet Union. Once a superpower commanding half the globe, the ...

Here is question that few people have posed or even considered. What will be the fate of Russia after the war in Ukraine ends ...

Former Pravda publisher Vyacheslav Leontyev, 87, has died after falling from his Moscow apartment window. Police called it ...

Most crypto success stories start with lucky trades or viral tokens. George Kikvadze’s story begins with hyperinflation destroying his family’s savings in 1990s Georgia. That early lesson about ...

A shift toward centralization and concentration could snuff out technology’s productive potential In the mid-20th century, the Soviet Union’s technological successes, notably launching Sputnik and ...

The former White House aide recently returned to her roots, advising Britain on defense and taking a role at Durham University in northeastern England. She still has her eye on global threats. The ...

ANASEULI, Georgia (Reuters) -When Lika Megreladze was a child, life in her native western Georgian region of Guria revolved around tea. Her mother worked for decades as a scientist at the Soviet Union ...

Russia's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, has predicted that the dramatic increase in NATO defense spending agreed last week will lead to its collapse. Responding to the statement on Thursday from ...

MINSK, 25 June (BelTA) – After the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO's existence was no longer justified, historian Yevgeny Spitsyn said in the latest episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on ...

Documents show desperate final Soviet leader fighting to retain power. Aug. 13, 2011 — -- Communist hardliners staged a coup against Mikhail Gorbachev 20 years ago, and the Soviet Union collapsed ...