The Latest Breaking News from the Soviet Union

For a half century, America’s top geopolitical rival used a spy base in nearby Cuba to steal U.S. military secrets by listening in on phone and data communications.

An iron curtain has descended on America

In his May 9 Victory Parade speech, Russian president Vladimir Putin likened the war in Ukraine to the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, saying “real war” had been unleashed against Russia.

Here's a quick briefing on what Russia is commemorating on Tuesday and why it matters for President Vladimir Putin.

Putin once saw advantage in giving writers a degree of freedom, even to be critical. Those days are long gone, and Russia’s artists are fleeing, says writer William Fear

Armenia and Azerbaijan will hold a new round of talks in Washington on Sunday to try to normalize relations, the spokesperson of Armenia's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. Tensions have been rising again between the two countries over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, where Russian peacekeepers were deployed in 2020 to…

For many, switching from Russian to the Ukrainian language is an act of resistance.

Is he a loose cannon, or did China's ambassador to France just test the waters for a more offensive posture on Ukraine? Lu Shaye has made headlines before, most notably with his wolf warrior calls to order over Taiwan. Now come his latest comments questioning not only Ukraine's sovereignty over…

The French government will use a scheduled meeting with China's ambassador in Paris on Monday to issue a "stern rebuke" after the envoy said that no international law "confirms the status of independence" of post-Soviet states.