USSR
On this day: Communist Bulgaria downs El Al flight 402, killing all 58 people onboard
On this day in 1955, Bulgarian MiG fighters brought down El Al Flight 402, killing all 58 people aboard and setting off a Cold War dispute over responsibility and justice.
Protests shake Iran: The US must choose its next move wisely - opinion
Roots of the Holocaust: Fascist barbarism and vicious 1920s anti-Bolshevik propaganda - book review
The enigma of Nikita Khrushchev: Unravelling the Soviet leader's views on Israel, Zionism
Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union, dies at 91
Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, forged arms reduction deals with the US and partnerships with the West to remove the Iron Curtain that had divided Europe since World War II.
On This Day: 70 years since 13 Jews are killed in Night of Murdered Poets
The killing of Soviet Jewish poets was seen as a crackdown against the Jewish Anti-fascist Committee and part of Stalin's increasingly antisemitic policies before his death.
Fugitives: Cold War Nazi mercenaries who escaped justice - review
The US, USSR ‘forgave’ Nazi officials who could assist in Cold War spying conflict.
Russia warns of 'non-diplomatic' response to Kaliningrad restrictions
The tensions come just weeks after a Russian politician called to stop recognizing Lithuania's independence.
Hailing Peter the Great, Putin draws parallel with mission to 'return' Russian lands
In televised comments on day 106 of his war in Ukraine, he compared Peter's campaign with the task facing Russia today.
Russian parliament questions Lithuania's independence with new bill
A Russian politician claimed the bill could be used to force NATO out of countries that joined the alliance after 1999.
Ukraine can happen in Israel too - opinion
If Ukraine had not surrendered its nuclear warheads, its situation now would be very different.
My Jewish family fled Kyiv in 1989. My heart breaks for the city today.
That I had been born there at all was a function of knowing when to leave — and when to come back.
Story of the underground Hebrew teachers of the USSR explored in book
The sages tell us that the Jewish people maintained three unique behaviors in Egypt: Their dress, their Hebrew names, and the Hebrew language.
Will Putin make Russia great again?
MIDDLE ISRAEL: For Russian President Vladimir Putin, the USSR’s downfall 'was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.'
