Former Soviet Union
‘Waves’ captures thrill and tragedy of resistance at Prague radio station in ’68 - review
Much of Waves is about the exhilaration of resisting, and how exciting it can be to give people the knowledge they need, which is being kept from them, to make their own decisions.
85 years later: Babyn Yar and the fight against deliberate erasure - opinion
Israel’s global news coverage vastly disproportionate and unusually persistent, analysis finds
Israel needs to stop losing its people and start giving them reasons to stay - opinion
Yom Kippur War: The Middle East Armageddon's uncounted victims - comment
MIDDLE ISRAEL: The 50-year-old Yom Kippur War’s list of casualties should include the lira, the kibbutz, and the Soviet Union.
US revives Cold War submarine spy program to counter China
The revival of the multibillion-dollar effort, known as the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS), comes as China has ramped up military exercises around Taiwan.
Russia's Medvedev hints at future Russian invasion of Georgia
"The idea of joining Russia is still popular in Abkhazia and South Ossetia," Medvedev, a former Russian president, wrote in an article.
Ukraine gets rid of Soviet symbols on Motherland monument in Kyiv
The move has its roots in a movement to “decommunize” - or shed memories of the former Soviet Union - which Ukraine has stepped up since Russia's all-out invasion last year.
Israel must immediately bring more olim from the former Soviet Union - opinion
The system of making Aliyah must be immediately changed, adapted, and streamlined, as it was in the 1980s.
British World War II planes discovered in Ukraine
In total, 3000 models of the plane had been sent to help the USSR fight off the Nazis from 1941 until 1944.
On this day 60 years ago: Russian astronaut becomes first woman in space
The goal of Tereshkova's mission was to compare the impact of outer space between male and female bodies.
Robert Hanssen, FBI agent who spied for Russia, found dead in prison
Hanssen, 79, was sentenced in 2002 to life in prison after pleading guilty to spying for the Soviet Union and later Russia for over 20 years.
American Jews need a Soviet-style activist defense org. - opinion
In using public protests and street demonstrations to attract notice, Soviet Jewish activists changed Jewish history.
Former Soviet Union nations have no legal status - Chinese ambassador
A French official said on Monday that Shaye will receive a "very firm" update at the French Foreign Ministry on Monday.
