Soviet Union

Russia-Poland feud over history clouds Auschwitz anniversary

WARSAW, Poland — Over the next several days, world leaders will gather twice to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the...
12:28 22 January 2022

Polish PM accuses Putin of lying about outbreak of WWII

WARSAW, Poland — Poland's prime minister said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been lying in remarks blaming Poland for the outbreak o...
20:40 29 December 2022

JFK letter promising Santa safe during Cold War on display

BOSTON — In the throes of the Cold War, the Soviet Union was planning to test a massive nuclear bomb in the Arctic Circle.
13:43 25 December 2021

Putin rebuffs Western criticism of 1939 Stalin-Hitler pact

Russian President Vladimir Putin countered European criticism of a 1939 Soviet pact with Nazi Germany on Tuesday, charging that collusion with Adolf H...
14:13 24 December 2021

Putin bristles at Western criticism of 1939 Soviet-Nazi pact

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday strongly rejected Western criticism of a 1939 Soviet pact with Nazi Germany, arguing that Western ...
15:40 20 December 2021

The Trump impeachment hearings highlight immigrants’ stories

WASHINGTON — One came from northeast England. Another came from the former Soviet Union. A third was born in Canada to parents who’d fled the Soviet U...
15:26 22 November 2021

Reagan statue unveiled in Berlin at Cold War speech site

BERLIN — The U.S. Embassy in Berlin unveiled a statue of Ronald Reagan on Friday at a site overlooking the location of the former president's iconic s...
17:04 8 November 2021

Berlin Wall’s fall stokes memories of lost hopes in Russia

MOSCOW — When the Berlin Wall fell, the Soviet Union stepped back, letting East Germany's communist government collapse and then quickly accepting Ger...
8:27 31 October 2021