Mikhail Gorbachev – the last leader of the former Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991 – has died at the age of 91. Gorbachev died after a long illness, Russian state news agencies reported.

Gorbachev was born Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev on March 2, 1931, to a Russian-Ukrainian peasant family in the village of Privolnoye, Krasnogvardeisky district, Stavropol territory, ...

The USCentral Intel­ligence Agency, CIA, pulled a coup in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR – at the heart of which was Russia, by nurturing a CIA agent, Mikhail Gorbachev, 1931 ...

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 ended decades of Cold War tension and reshaped global politics. But what if the USSR ...

Metallica's juggernaut of a concert in Moscow, in 1991. The Soviet Union was in crisis. A month before Metallica's show, a ...

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Ukraine's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi has recalled that Russia’s leadership once publicly supported NATO’s ...

As the war drags on and on, the Kremlin has taken a two-pronged approach to the West. Domestically, the Kremlin has demonized ...

Gordon Corera’s account of the audacious counter-intelligence operative Vasili Mitrokhin is non-fiction that reads like a spy thriller.

In 1990, in a landmark deal, China became the first export customer for the Soviet Union’s top-tier Su-27 “Flanker” fighter jet, purchasing 24 aircraft. -The deal was driven by China’s urgent need to ...

NATO has allegedly deceived and disrespected Russia by expanding into Eastern Europe, threatening Moscow's interests. That, ...

Conservative radio and Fox News host Mark Levin raved about President Donald Trump‘s decision to strike Iran and destroy ...