The colossal figure of a Soviet myth presides over the Ukrainian municipality of Sviatohirsk, in the province of Donetsk. This is Artem, the name by which the Bolshevik revolutionary Fyodor Sergeyev was known. His effigy, like the rest of the town, has not been spared the destruction caused by the fighting during the three months … Read more
The colossal figure of a Soviet myth presides over the Ukrainian municipality of Sviatohirsk, in the province of Donetsk. This is Artem, the name by which the Bolshevik revolutionary Fyodor Sergeyev was known. His effigy, like the rest of the town, has not been spared the destruction caused by the fighting during the three months … Read more
Mystery and tension have marked this Wednesday’s meeting of pro-Russian separatist politicians in the ex-Soviet enclave of Transnistria, internationally recognized as part of Moldova, in which they have demanded protection from Russia in the face of “growing pressure” from the Moldovan government. The president of Transnistria, Vadim Krasnoselski, had summoned all the elected authorities of … Read more
Mystery and tension have marked this Wednesday’s meeting of pro-Russian separatist politicians in the ex-Soviet enclave of Transnistria, internationally recognized as part of Moldova, in which they have demanded protection from Russia in the face of “growing pressure” from the Moldovan government. The president of Transnistria, Vadim Krasnoselski, had summoned all the elected authorities of … Read more
No country in the European Union has had the impact of the war in Ukraine like it has in the Baltic republics, where the feeling of fragility and vulnerability to Russian expansionism has been exacerbated and the traumas of Stalinism have been revived. As the rulers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania accelerate plans to demolish … Read more
No country in the European Union has had the impact of the war in Ukraine like it has in the Baltic republics, where the feeling of fragility and vulnerability to Russian expansionism has been exacerbated and the traumas of Stalinism have been revived. As the rulers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania accelerate plans to demolish … Read more
Eugeniu Chirca, the last survivor of Romania’s anti-communist resistance who was arrested during the Sovietization process of the Eastern European country that began in 1945 after the end of World War II and spent eight years in the filthy prisons of the time, He died at the age of 93 last Sunday in his home … Read more
2023-11-30 10:29:36 Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger – one of the most influential diplomats of the 20th century – has died at the age of 100. Kissinger, who was born in Fürth, Franconia, died on Wednesday at his home in the US state of Connecticut, his consulting firm Kissinger Associates announced. The Secretary … Read more