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US Mar. 15, 2022, 11:38 AM

Trump claims Putin invaded Ukraine to rebuild the Soviet Union, which he said was ‘full of love’

Trump speculated on the reasons for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and described the repressive Soviet regime in strangely positive terms.
Trump claims Putin invaded Ukraine to rebuild the Soviet Union, which he said was ‘full of love’
US Feb. 12, 2022, 1:34 PM

Fearful Ukrainian expats recall the dark days of the Soviet era as Russia’s military buildup reaches its ‘most dangerous moment’ yet

Ukrainians living in England tell Insider of their concerns as the military threats from Russia grow.
Fearful Ukrainian expats recall the dark days of the Soviet era as Russia’s military buildup reaches its ‘most dangerous moment’ yet
News Nov. 24, 2019, 12:51 AM

Haunting photos of the ‘Forbidden City,’ an abandoned military base that hasn’t been used in 25 years

The “Forbidden City” is a military base in eastern Germany that has barely been touched in 25 years. The complex was used as the Nazi command centre during World War II and occupied 40,000 Soviet soldiers during the Cold War. Haunting photos of the abandoned military base show what the […]
Haunting photos of the ‘Forbidden City,’ an abandoned military base that hasn’t been used in 25 years
News Apr. 16, 2019, 2:01 AM

How Soviet troops taunted the Nazis during their final drive to Berlin in World War II

The final weeks of April 1945 saw Soviet troops advance on Berlin, bringing World War II in Europe to an end. Amid the Soviet onslaught and the confused Nazi retreat, Russian troops found ways to torment their foes. Visit BusinessInsider.com for more stories. The violence of the final weeks of […]
How Soviet troops taunted the Nazis during their final drive to Berlin in World War II
News Sep. 21, 2018, 7:26 AM

Trump’s right-hand man in the China trade war once rattled Soviet negotiators by smoking an entire box of Cuban cigars in one sitting

Robert Lighthizer is the US Trade Representative spearheading President Donald Trump’s trade war with China. According to a new Bloomberg profile, Lighthizer has been a hard-charging trade negotiator since the 1980s. In one instance, Lighthizer smoked an entire box of Cuban cigars in a windowless room to throw off Soviet […]
Trump’s right-hand man in the China trade war once rattled Soviet negotiators by smoking an entire box of Cuban cigars in one sitting
Markets Feb. 7, 2018, 2:05 PM

Eerie photos show an abandoned Soviet spacecraft originally built for the Cold War

Photographer David de Rueda has captured various abandoned Soviet spaces. His favourite place he’s captured is a hangar in the steppe of Kazakhstan that holds two space shuttles from the USSR’s once-active Buran program. The space shuttles have not been touched in nearly 30 years. Photographer David de Rueda has […]
Eerie photos show an abandoned Soviet spacecraft originally built for the Cold War
News Dec. 6, 2017, 11:32 PM

How the model at the centre of a Cold War sex scandal helped bring down the British government

Christine Keeler, who died on Monday, was at the centre of the 1960s Profumo Affair. She had a relationship with British Minister for War John Profumo. At the same time, she was seeing a Soviet diplomat, sparking security concerns. Profumo lied about the affair in Parliament and later had to […]
How the model at the centre of a Cold War sex scandal helped bring down the British government
Strategy Sep. 25, 2017, 9:46 AM

Before he became the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin was a KGB spy — take a look at his early career

Vladimir Putin was recruited as a KGB agent after graduating from university. The current president of Russia served as an agent in East Germany for five years. Putin’s experience as a KGB operative may have helped to mould his worldview. Vladimir Putin‘s KGB career may have ended decades ago, but […]
Before he became the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin was a KGB spy — take a look at his early career
News Nov. 27, 2016, 10:59 AM

Fidel Castro once asked the leader of the Soviet Union to annihilate the US with nuclear weapons

Fidel Castro, the former Cuban leader who died...
Fidel Castro once asked the leader of the Soviet Union to annihilate the US with nuclear weapons
News Aug. 17, 2016, 3:07 AM

A Soviet immigrant whose father was killed by the KGB reveals what life was like under Joseph Stalin

The year was 1938. Joseph Stalin manned...
A Soviet immigrant whose father was killed by the KGB reveals what life was like under Joseph Stalin
News Aug. 14, 2016, 7:40 PM

Witness the haunting beauty of the epic Soviet-era monolith abandoned in the Bulgarian mountains

Nearly 19 miles from the nearest town, a...
Witness the haunting beauty of the epic Soviet-era monolith abandoned in the Bulgarian mountains
Markets Aug. 19, 2015, 10:01 PM

Putin resorts to USSR tactics to hide unemployment

Russian state statistics agency Rosstat...
Putin resorts to USSR tactics to hide unemployment
News Jul. 1, 2015, 11:25 AM

Russia is reviewing the ‘legality’ of Baltic states’ independence

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were Soviet republics until the dissolution of the USSR back in 1991.
Russia is reviewing the ‘legality’ of Baltic states’ independence

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