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Nuclear physicist Grigory Klinishov was co-creator of the Soviet Union's first two-stage hydrogen bomb.

A recent report from the FBI shows antisemitism is at an all-time high in America.

"This is our land, our territory of strategic interests," Henry Sardaryan, dean at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, said on state TV.

Azerbaijan and Armenia began fighting on Tuesday, while Kyrgyzstan accused Tajikistan of new shelling after the two ex-Soviet states reached a ceasefire deal.

The imperial collapse was an unintended consequence of Gorbachev's desire to humanize socialism and save the USSR. He utterly failed in both tasks, but Russia and other Soviet republics were liberated from the Communist nightmare, and the world gained 30 years of relative peace, which is now coming to an end.

President Gorbachev is a key player in the story of why I'm in the United States.

Putin had a tense relationship with Gorbachev, who oversaw the end of the Soviet Union.

Gorbachev's purpose in power was to revitalize the Soviet Union and its ruling ideology.

Gorbachev ushered in a series of political reforms that fundamentally changed the Soviet Union in the years before its 1991 dissolution.

A video of Russia's military chief proclaiming that "there will be Soviet Union again" was shared widely among pro-Ukraine accounts and some Western diplomats.

"We are convinced that only together can we resist global challenges," Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said.

Seizing the wealth of Russian oligarchs would leave Putin in a "difficult position," experts said.

Leaders of four former Soviet Union republics have firmly condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Illinois Representative Adam Kinzinger has previously criticized Carlson for allegedly taking Russian President Vladimir Putin's "side" in the war in Ukraine.

Putin has consolidated his turn to totalitarianism, sending his country back into the mid-1980s.

The constitutional amendment that would have led to the state's secession from the rest of the country was defeated 323-13, with 13 Republicans supporting it.

On the 40th anniversary of the "Miracle on Ice," the sports and political worlds paid tribute to the U.S. team that pulled off one of the greatest upsets in sports history.

Gabbard campaign volunteers reported that a number of signs were vandalized to include a hammer-and-sickle symbol.

The protest along the border with China on August 23 to call for freedom is a homage to actions across the Baltic states in 1989.

In contrast to some other presidents, Bush understood the difficult nuances of Gorbachev's position.

Rudenko was a trailblazer for women in sport and remembered for saving children from the besieged city of Leningrad in World War II.

Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted art to help build appreciation for Arab culture and counter pro-Israel influence on U.S. foreign policy.

Putin's neo-Soviet politics mixes authoritarianism with nationalism and anti-Americanism.

The Soviet Union's last leader gave a rare interview on the 25th anniversary of its collapse.

The "Night Wolves" leader thinks the national anthem needs a change too.

Svetlana Alexievich's powerful Soviet oral history "Secondhand Time" offers a unique window into the fall of the USSR.

Activists erected the statue near the Soviet dictator's birthplace.

The group has vowed to bring "several hundred" riders to Berlin by May 9.

The European offshoot of Lollapalooza is set to take place in the park on September 10 and 11.

"Europe may not be able to cope with another frozen conflict," the ex-president said.