It’s the second time this year that the Soviet UVB-76 radio station has creaked into action amid calls between the pair. It first began to broadcast the apparent code ‘NZhTI 89905 BLEFOPUF ...

Pay attention. This story’s 100% true. Little boy. Born in Russia. Parents, poor. Pointing at him when he was in third grade, the teacher said: “He’s a Jew. Mean, greedy, all the problems we ...

(Or smack you – you should be more aware of your surroundings.) Now imagine another place and time, the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 60s, where no music was allowed. (OK, I exaggerate ...

Setting aside the legal and ethical implications of the President of the United States accepting the gift of a giant airplane from a foreign government, we should remember the following history ...

I just, uh, kind of forgot to do the October Revolution? I got really into fiddling with the party makeup of the Petrograd Soviet and someone went and convened a government without me. It's great ...

Teenage British 'drugs mule' Bella Culley faces raising her child behind bars in Georgia after she was caught entering the country with £200,000 worth of cannabis. The 18-year-old told court she ...

However, following the country’s invasion of Ukraine which has resulted in the deaths of countless civillians, developer GSC Game World decided to remove Russian languages and Soviet era ...

Alla Osipenko, a star of the Soviet-era Kirov Ballet and one of the most expressive ballerinas of her generation who was blocked from major international tours at the peak of her career after her ...

Born in Minsk, Belarus in 1966, he grew up under the Communist regime of Pyotr Masherov, a Belarusian revolutionary turned Soviet politician. His parents, professional musicians, decided to leave ...

Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations will begin reconstructing and modernizing Soviet-era bomb shelters, Minister Alexander Kurenkov announced during a meeting with journalists. It is estimated ...

Georgian PM Irakli Kobakhidze’s warm exchanges at the EPC summit signal a thaw in EU-Georgia relations after paused accession talks. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s participation ...

Derek Owen is a writer and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. R.M. Schneiderman is a writer and editor based in Nashville. He's the former deputy editor of Newsweek and has been on staff at The New ...