Russian President Vladimir Putin is copying Soviet-era approaches that bankrupted the USSR and that he used to criticize, according to Poland's foreign minister. Speaking on a panel at the World ...

Yes, there were Soviet troops in North Vietnam, and in significantly larger numbers than their Korean War predecessors. Although the Cold War never turned into a “hot war,” i.e., full-blown ...

Monster trucks are truly beastly machines. With their wild paint jobs, massive tires, and unmistakable roar, it's impossible not to keep your eyes glued to them as they jump, flip (either on ...

In the 1950s, the U.S. military envisioned a game-changing fighter jet—the Bell D-188, a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) ...

Founded 1948 Founder Ferdinand Porsche Headquarters Stuttgart, Germany Owned By Volkswagen Current CEO Oliver Blume While we ...

Both engines of the aircraft involved in last month’s fatal Jeju Air crash in South Korea were found with bird remnants, though it remains unclear how much damage each sustained before the plane ...

The Kremlin on Thursday “respectfully” disputed US President Donald Trump’s recent remarks on the Soviet Union playing a supportive role during World War II. On Wednesday, Trump said on his ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Russian officials believe western pressure is hampering Moscow’s efforts to draw former Soviet nations ...

Mr. Schmemann, a member of the editorial board, is a former Moscow bureau chief for The Times. It was March 1994, more than two years after the Soviet Union disintegrated, and the debates within ...

The memorial in St Petersburg to 'Soviet civilians who fell victim to the Nazi Genocide' On the edge of St Petersburg stands a dramatic memorial more than 40 metres high. At the very top is the ...

Most of the victims were Jews killed on an industrial scale in gas chambers, but also Poles, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war, gay people and others who were targeted for elimination in the Nazi ...

Yet this is not a Holocaust memorial as such. Its official title is "the memorial to Soviet civilians who fell victim to the Nazi genocide". I listen to a tour guide as she tells a group of ...