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Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB spy who defected to the UK in the Cold War, dies at 86

Oleg Gordievsky, a Soviet KGB officer who helped change the course of the Cold War by covertly passing secrets to the UK, has died at home in England.

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Oleg Gordievsky: the spy who helped avert a nuclear war

The ex-KGB officer’s intelligence was crucial to Margaret Thatcher’s contacts with Mikhail Gorbachev, whose rise to power helped end the Cold War.

Evening Standard

Republican Russophilia: how Trump Putin-ised a party of cold war hawks

The idea of Moscow as a paragon of Christian nationalism has penetrated the party of Reagan – and the lurch in US policy has huge implications for the global order

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Will the U.S. collapse like the Soviet Union did?

“You’re next,” said a Russian historian I interviewed in 1993 about the Soviet Union’s collapse in late 1991. I was an American student in St. Petersburg, and he was referring to the United States.

The Conversation

Trump Shakes Global Order While Keir Starmer Walks a Political Tightrope—Disaster Looms!

But rather than the Russian leader, it’s the supposed leader of the Free World who Sir Keir is negotiating with. Donald Trump’s “shock and awe” start to his

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Ukraine war: why negotiations depend on trust

Donald Trump may have begun discussions with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, over a possible end to the war in Ukraine, but there currently appears to be something of a stalemate.

The Conversation

Reagan-era Republicans aghast as Trump turns Russia policy on its head

Officials who served under Republican president in 1980s say Trump is opposing friends and supporting enemies: ‘It makes me sick what’s going on’

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OPINION - Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin's Russia-Ukraine deal risks making a bad war even worse

Pretty much everyone wants the war in Ukraine to end. A conflict unleashed on its neighbour by Russia which has led to an estimated death toll of over 100,000 on the Ukrainian side and beyond 150,000 on the Russian one is a tragedy of the age and a symptom of…

Evening Standard

Doomsday Clock is now 89 seconds to midnight, what does that mean?

For the first time in three years, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock forward by one second.

Al Jazeera

The Guardian view on arms control: essential to prevent the total devastation of nuclear war

Editorial: Over the holidays, this column will explore next year’s urgent issues. Today we look at why an unqualified belief in nuclear deterrence can’t keep us safe

The Guardian - UK

Malta summit ends the cold war – archive, 1989

On 3 December 1989, the US and the USSR declared an end to the cold war. A few days later, European Community leaders met to shape a single European market for the 1990s. See how the Guardian reported events

The Guardian - UK

Fall of Khrushchev: 60 years since the ‘most democratic coup’ in Soviet history, how Comrade Nikita was toppled

The overthrow of Nikita Khrushchev from the posts of first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and the leader of the Soviet state in October 1964 was an unprecedented event in the history of the Soviet Union.

The Conversation

Looking at Reagan Through the Lens of Trump

Max Boot's biography of Ronald Reagan is deeply researched and informative, but it sometimes stumbles when it tries to use the past to make sense of the present.

Reason

Steven Hurst, who covered world events for The Associated Press, NBC and CNN, has died at 77

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‘I am just a marionette’: ABC veteran Phillip Adams reveals what sets him apart ahead of final show

Colleagues pay tribute to Radio National broadcaster whose ‘naughty streak and compassion for underdog’ shone in interviews with everyone from Mikhail Gorbachev to Gore Vidal

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How to watch 'Secrets and Spies: The Nuclear Game' online from anywhere

How close was the world to nuclear destruction during the Cold War? Too close is the answer – here's how to watch "Secrets and Spies: The Nuclear Game" from anywhere.

The Guardian - UK

Hella Pick obituary

Formidable foreign correspondent for the Guardian who covered major global events from the 1960s to the 90s, and commanded great respect from world leaders

The Guardian - UK

‘They don’t care about the optics’: in Navalny’s funeral, echoes of dissidents past

The official response to the deaths of opposition figures is a sure guide to the state of repression and freedom in Russia

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Former Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov Dies At 94

Former Soviet prime minister Nikolai Ryzhkov, known for his role in economic reforms under Gorbachev, has passed away at 94. His tenure set the stage for t...

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'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 3 review: A Cold War thriller set in the 21st century

Communism and capitalism collide, as Margo is trapped in the midst of a Soviet coup and Miles finds a lucrative new side hustle.

The Guardian - US

Jeff Bezos wore a cowboy hat again. Real cowboys are rolling their eyes

Billionaire’s look compared to ‘a sprinkler head’ after he wears getup in a Vogue feature with his fiancee

The Conversation

Death of the Armenian dream in Nagorno-Karabakh was predictable but not inevitable

Thirty-five years ago, more than 100,000 Armenian protesters took to the streets to convince Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that Nagorno-Karabakh – an ethnically Armenian enclave stuck geographically in the neighboring republic of Soviet Azerbaijan – ought to be joined to Armenia.

The Guardian - UK

‘Everything became a lie, a performance’ – Werner Herzog on Soviet Russia

The German director is championing Georgian film-maker Rezo Gigineishvili’s movie about the dying days of the USSR. But, he says, he won’t be drawn into contemporary political debates

The Conversation

How Russian history and the concept of 'smuta' (turmoil) sheds light on Putin and Prigozhin – and the dangers of dissent

In Russia, failed coups portend turmoil and collapse. They also herald greater repression, and a tightening of centralised control. This is because Russian history has swung back and forth between chaos and autocracy, which have become mutually reinforcing symptoms of the same historical condition.

The Guardian - UK

The Price of Truth review – this gripping look at Russian journalism was too dangerous to finish filming

The editor of one of Russia’s independent newspapers, Dmitry Muratov, has risked his life to report on abuses of power against the odds. This is his remarkable but terrifying story

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