Tag Archives: Soviet
Khrushchev removed his right shoe, stood up and brandished it: A practical reader guide
At the height of Cold War tensions, a heated United Nations debate on October 12, [...]
Oct
Because an unnamed person had gained unauthorized access, the filing: A practical reader guide
LOS ANGELES — Actor Hayden Panettiere's ex-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko has filed an urgent petition asking [...]
Sep
More than once in the cold war a shared dread of nuclear annihilation: A practical reader guide
Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev overruled their hardline counsellors to end the Cuban missile crisis of [...]
Sep
His 14 World Championships appearances are complemented by four Olympic campaigns, yet he insists
New Delhi, For Misha Zilberman, following the international badminton calendar has sometimes meant looking beyond [...]
Aug
Elections and campaigns briefing: America really might restore democracy to Venezuela
When President Donald Trump sent American special forces to snatch Venezuela’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro, in [...]
Aug
Seeing red: Deepanjana Pal writes on the Soviet-era space-race show Star City
What if the Soviet Union had won the space race in 1969? This is the [...]
Jul
Zelensky sacks army chief Syrsky after days of protests
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday sacked his Soviet-trained army chief Oleksandr Syrsky following a [...]
Jul