world news 12/06/2018 Joanna Stingray: The California girl that shot to fame in the Soviet Union This is a story about Joanna Stingray. A girl from California who found herself in 1980s Russia on the radar of the KGB and FBI for smuggling out underground Soviet music that Americans were never supposed to hear.
Russia 02/06/2018 Missing Russian pilot found alive 30 years after being shot down in Afghanistan “He is still alive. It’s very astonishing. Now he needs help,” the head of the Russian paratroopers’ union, Valery Vostrotin, told the state-run RIA Novosti news agency.
Germany 05/05/2018 Germany unveils statue of Karl Marx in his hometown It has been 200 years since philosopher Karl Marx was born, and only now has his image been immortalised in bronze and mounted in his hometown of Trier in Germany.
Romania 24/12/2017 100 years on from Romania's 'Great Union', Moldova won't choose sides For Romania and Moldova, 2018 will mark a bittersweet historical moment: the centennial of the Great Union, which brought together the key Romanian-inhabited provinces: Bessarabia, Transylvania and the Romanian Kingdom.
Cult 07/12/2017 Moscow show smashes myth of drab Soviet design Dull, functional, and a bit rubbish are some words many associate with the products made by the Soviet Union. Now Moscow's Design Museum shows off the best of Bolshevik consumer goods.
Poland 04/12/2017 Tom Hanks receives iconic "toddler" car from Polish fans Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks took his new Fiat 126p car for a first spin, after receiving the classic vehicle as a present from his Polish
Russia 01/12/2017 Stalin calendar pulled from sale in Russia Public outcry has forced the withdrawal from sale of a 2018 calendar honouring Stalin in the Russian city of Yekatarinburg.
Russia 07/11/2017 Russian 1917 revolution - internet style! Historians bring the 1917 Russian revolution into the modern day using internet technoligy
Russia 07/11/2017 Russian communists celebrate Bolshevik Revolution Thousands of Russian Communist Party members marched across downtown Moscow to mark the centenary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.
Russia 07/11/2017 Russia avoids ostentatious celebration on 100th anniversary of Bolshevik Revolution Our chronology revisits the events in 1917 that shook the world
Russia 03/11/2017 60 years on - Laika the dog in space In 1957 the space race was on between the Soviet Union and the US, but it was the Russians who managed to send the first living thing into orbit
Russia 29/10/2017 Trainspotting in the Shumkovo railway cemetery Watch: Rare abandoned trains from the early 20th century reached their terminus near the Russian village of Shumkovo
Ukraine 14/10/2017 Thousands in Nationalist march in Ukraine Thousands of far-right supporters marched in Ukraine for the Defenders' Day and 75th anniversary of a symbolic founding date of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army
Russia 20/09/2017 Stanislav Petrov 'the man who saved the world' has died aged 77 Stanislav Petrov, the Soviet colonel who famously 'saved the world' from nuclear war has died
Russia 19/09/2017 Death of the man 'who saved the world' Stanislav Petrov made a decision at the height of Cold War tensions that saved the lives of millions.
world news 08/09/2017 Darth Vader, Olympic athlete, and poet - the new faces of Lenin in Ukraine Darth Vader is standing on a pedestal in the yard of a plant in the suburbs of the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa. In his previous life he was a
Ukraine 25/08/2017 11 imaginative ways Ukraine has dealt with historic statues AS the US struggles with how to address its controversial historical monuments, Ukraine offers some lessons.
Russia 07/03/2017 Moscow to raze more than 10 percent of its housing The city of Moscow will undergo a major facelift under a plan by mayor Sergei Sobyanin to modernise the housing of at least 1.6 million people
no comment 06/03/2017 Communists mark anniversary of Stalin's death Russian Communists marked the anniversary of Joseph Stalin’s death with a march in Moscow on Sunday (March 5).
world news 06/09/2016 Putin offers support and comfort in Samarkand Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Uzbekistan for his first visit since the death of longtime President Islam Karimov.
