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Fallen colossus: USSR's terror, triumphs began 100 years ago

With its brutality, technological accomplishments and rigid ideology, the Soviet Union loomed over the world like an immortal colossus

The Independent UK

From Queen Elizabeth to Coolio, the celebrities and public figures who left us in 2022

From Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II to France’s iconic fashion designer Thierry Mugler and the Soviet Union’s last leader Mikhail Gorbachev, many notable public figures left us in 2022. FRANCE 24 takes a look back at the lives and legacies behind some of the year’s most high-profile deaths.

France 24

Gone, but not forgotten: some of 2022's most notable deaths

From Queen Elizabeth II to the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, here are some of 2022's most notable deaths in the fields of politics, sport, science and culture.

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No One Would Win a Long War in Ukraine

The West must avoid the mistakes of World War I.

Foreign Affairs

Mikhail Gorbachev remembered by Pavel Palazhchenko

The former Soviet leader’s longtime translator remembers an optimist who wanted to achieve his goals by persuasion, not force, and understood that he was a man of history

The Guardian - UK

Mikhail Gorbachev wanted to save communism, but he buried it instead

The death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, under whose leadership the communist bloc was brought to an end, was met in the west with tributes and personal reminiscences by leaders who had met him and enjoyed his company. This reverence wasn’t matched in Russia or…

The Conversation

Xi Jinping in His Own Words

What China’s leader wants—and how to stop him from getting it.

Foreign Affairs

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Pronouncing Foreigners' Names

Some comments on the thread about pronouncing foreign country names (such as Qatar and France) raised the question of how we should pronounce foreign people's names. Here too my answer is: We should follow the English norms, which often depart from the norms in those people's native languages—just like, I…

Reason

The remarkable Greater Manchester man who helped stop a nuclear stand-off with Russia

His linguistic skills played a key role in the special relationship between Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev

Manchester Evening News

Could Russia collapse? Three good reasons why we should not discount the possibility

There are good reasons why we should not discount the possibility that defeat of Russia in Ukraine might make the Kremlin’s edifice crumble.

The New Daily

Could Russia collapse?

Among the many questions asked about Russia’s disastrous war against Ukraine, one of them is posed only very rarely: can Russia survive what seems increasingly likely to be a humiliating defeat at the hands of its smaller neighbour?

The Conversation

'No room for old dreams', German president says of Russia ties

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused an "epochal break" in Germany's ties with Moscow and the war has shattered former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev's dream of a "common European home", President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Friday.

Reuters

Xi Jinping: from ‘counter-revolutionary’ to absolute power

Born into the Communist party elite and shaped by the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese president stands on the brink of securing historic power

The Guardian - UK

General Who Led Syrian Bombing Is New Face of Russian War

The general carrying out President Vladimir Putin's new military strategy in Ukraine has a reputation for brutality — for bombing civilians in Russia's campaign in Syria. He also played a role in the deaths of three protesters in Moscow during the failed coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991 that hastened…

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The Independent UK

General who led Syrian bombing is new face of Russian war

Gen. Sergei Surovikin has become the face of Russia’s new military strategy in Ukraine, which includes unleashing a barrage of strikes against the country's infrastructure

The Guardian - US

Muppets in Moscow: the wild story behind Sesame Street in Russia

In an unexpected new book, Nastasha Lance Rogoff recalls some difficult and at times dangerous tales of making Ulitsa Sezam

Dublin Live

Bono claims major Irish gangland figure plotted to kidnap his kids and IRA issued death threats

He also faced an assassination threat in America

Irish Mirror

Bono still 'shaken' by Dublin gangland plot to kidnap his family

The U2 frontman opens up about the incident in his memoir, 'Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story'

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The Guardian - UK

Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone review – ingenious, essential viewing from Adam Curtis

Showing everyone from reindeer herders to scientists wrapping themselves in sticky tape to head into Chernobyl, this fine series traces the latterday Russian revolution that brought in a kleptocracy and paved the way for Putin

The Independent UK

Russian pop superstar reveals she is in Israel after criticising Ukraine war

Former Kremlin sweetheart thanks fans for ‘love and support’ after leaving Russia

Los Angeles Times

‘Nothing to lose’: Iran’s protesters step up their defiance as a potential showdown looms

TEHRAN, Iran — Twice now, the mass protests roiling Iran have reached even her deeply conservative neighborhood. Shahrzad, a 36-year-old teacher who lives with her parents and acts as their caregiver, has so far heeded her promise to them not to join, although she wants to.

Evening Standard

German Unity Day: 32 years of reunification - history and significance of the day

The national holiday is a celebration of togetherness

The Guardian - UK

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in September

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

Daily Mirror

Kremlin purge escalates as VIPs opposing Putin's Ukraine war found dead

Fears among Putin’s oligarchy have soared since the suspicious death this month of anti-war oil magnate Ravil Maganov, 67, amid claims he was beaten before “falling” to his death

The Independent UK

Why does Russia want to block Ukraine from joining Nato?

Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to Western military alliance

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