For a long time Central Asia’s most volatile frontier has played host to deadly clashes. But in mid-March Sadyr Japarov, ...

The massacre of Red Crescent and civil defence aid workers has elicited little coverage and no condemnation by major powers — this is the age of lawlessness, warns JOE GILL ...

To sum up, Russia’s future in the changing world order depends on its strategic maneuvering in an increasingly complex ...

Look closer at the Tupolev Tu-154, the Soviet workhorse jet known as "Careless" and affectionately referred to as Tupe.

Norway's proximity to the USSR in the Cold War led to it building many military bunkers – some of them vast secret bases.

The people “will understand” its significance if the city of Volgograd reverts to its WWII-era name, Gennady Zyuganov has ...

From the fall of the Soviet Union to the rise of Amazon, the 90s reshaped our world in profound ways. Join us as we count down the decade's most transformative events that continue to influence our ...

A Soviet-era Central Asian pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends ...

In the 1980s, his intelligence helped avoid a dangerous escalation of nuclear tensions between the USSR and the West.

Wünsdorf, a town nicknamed ‘Little Moscow’ during the Cold War because of its gigantic Soviet base, reflects the strong ...

Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since the invasion of Ukraine three years ago, according to data collected by ...

The Soviet Union stretched across Asia and Europe and ruled more than 15 republics. Unfortunately, the era of centralized ...