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As a new Trump administration begins, I’m looking to this Soviet Jewish dissident for guidance
On Monday, as I listened to President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech, I thought about Alexander Esenin-Volpin. It had ...
The Nation15h
The Often Misunderstood History of the Soviet Dissidents
In To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause, historian Benjamin Nathans sheds light on how the protest movement reinvented itself ...
Politico Europe7h
Moldova ready to pump gas to Russian-backed separatists amid humanitarian crisis
An energy crisis that has left hundreds of thousands of people without heating and hot water in the breakaway region of ...
Examined: Russia's Air Defense Systems
Russia maintains a formidable collection of air defense systems, but it is being challenged by new threats and new ...
As Russia seeks influence in Africa, former students play central role
Going back to the days of the Cold War, many Africans studied in the Soviet Union and later Russia. They’re now among ...
Putin Gets a Snub in the Vast Wine Cellars of a Former Soviet Republic
The Russian president celebrated his 50th birthday at a winery in Moldova. After the invasion of Ukraine, it moved the ...
The Tragic Story Of Laika, The Soviet ‘Canine Cosmonaut’ Who Made Space History In 1957
On November 3rd, 1957, the Soviet Union made history by launching the first living creature into Earth’s orbit: not a human, ...