Johan Grimonprez's film charts both the hopes and the tragedies of Africa's freedom movements in the shadow of the Cold War, ...

With high anticipation for increased partnership between Russia and Guinea-Bissau that has never been stronger since Soviet's ...

At the time of their famous match, the Soviet Union had compiled an unbroken streak of world chess championships that stretched back decades. After his loss, Spassky went home to a cold reception ...

The Black Sea Fleet was largely destroyed by Ukrainian aerial and naval drones. Ukraine has a miniscule fleet consisting of coastal and riverine patrol boats. What Ukraine does have is imagination and ...

Toktogul (Kyrgyzstan) (AFP) – Central Asian countries are setting rivalries aside to build a giant hydroelectric plant originally planned in Soviet times, a bid to strengthen energy and food ...

who was reportedly working for the Soviet Union's intelligence service, the GPU. According to the report, Davranof sought detailed information on Trotsky’s movements, visitors, correspondence and ...

20, 1970. (AP Photo/Heinz Ducklau, File) Russian world chess champion Boris Spassky, center, is followed by a member of the Soviet Delegation to the world chess championships in Reykjavik, Iceland on ...

At the time of their famous match, the Soviet Union had compiled an unbroken streak of world chess championships that stretched back decades. After his loss, Spassky went home to a cold reception in ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of Soviet Union and ‘perestroika’ reform efforts, dies at 91 As leader of the Soviet Union in the 1980s, Gorbachev introduced a policy of greater transparency of ...