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  • July 2008

    • Judge Orders Rosenberg Evidence Kept Secret

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jul 23, 08 4:41 AM CDT

      Judge Orders Rosenberg Evidence Kept Secret

      Evidence that could clear the name of Ethel Rosenberg must stay under wraps to protect grand jury secrecy, a judge ruled yesterday. Ethel and husband Julius were executed in 1953 for passing atomic secrets to the Soviets. Her brother David Greenglass, who testified against her, has since said he lied about Ethel's role to protect his own wife from prosecution. But he has requested that his grand jury testimony not be made public. More »

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      nuclear weapons  • Cold War  • Soviet Union  • espionage  • Communists  • atomic bomb

  • May 2008
  • April 2008

    • Ex-Soviet Monkeys Survive 15-Year Limbo

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 12, 08 5:50 PM CDT

      Ex-Soviet Monkeys Survive 15-Year Limbo

      Traumatized monkeys once the subjects of Soviet experiments are odd remnants of a more prosperous time in Abkhazia, an area of Georgia that calls itself independent, the Los Angeles Times reports. The area was crippled in its effort to break away from Georgia, but the 286 primates living in a research institute remain a point of pride for residents. More »

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      science  • Georgia  • research  • Soviet Union  • independence  • monkey  • USSR  • former Soviet state

    • NATO Bars Former Soviet States in Blow to US

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Apr 3, 08 4:00 AM CDT

      NATO Bars Former Soviet States in Blow to US

      In a blow to the US, a divided NATO has refused to permit membership bids by former Soviet states Georgia and the Ukraine. The decision is an indication that Europe is wary of antagonizing an increasingly belligerant Russia, Bloomberg reports. Germany and France led the opposition to membership. In another defeat for American diplomacy, Greece blocked the admission of Macedonia. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Russia  • Vladimir Putin  • Georgia  • NATO  • Ukraine  • Cold War  • Soviet Union  • Greece  • US foreign policy  • Albania  • Balkans  • Croatia  • Macedonia

  • March 2008

    • Gorbachev Admits He's Christian

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Mar 19, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      Gorbachev Admits He's Christian

      Nearly 20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union's atheist empire, Mikhail Gorbachev has admitted he is a Christian, reports the Daily Telegraph . On a visit to Italy the last president of the Communist state prayed at the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi, and later told priests the saint had played a fundamental role in his life. "St. Francis is, for me, the alter Christus, the other Christ," said Gorbachev. More »

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      religion  • Italy  • Christianity  • Ronald Reagan  • Soviet Union  • Mikhail Gorbachev  • Communists

    • Gorbachev: Russia Needs Real Democracy

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Mar 5, 08 2:21 PM CST

      Gorbachev: Russia Needs Real Democracy

      Mikhail Gorbachev is pushing Russia's leaders to change their ways. Writing today for the Times of London, Gorbachev praises Vladimir Putin’s accomplishments as president, and acknowledges the soon-to-be prime minister's popularity. But Russia still faces big problems, which “can only be solved in an environment of real democracy.” The system needs to be reformed and “not just by tinkering.” More »

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      Russia  • Vladimir Putin  • democracy  • Dmitry Medvedev  • Soviet Union  • Mikhail Gorbachev

  • February 2008

    • US Should Have Hugged Castro to Death

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  Feb 19, 08 12:23 PM CST

      US Should Have Hugged Castro to Death

      Fidel Castro has left power, but his legacy endures because the US never did what it took to eliminate his regime: embrace it. Fidel survived for decades because his people were afraid of the angry superpower to the north, writes Newsweek’s Christopher Dickey. Had America embraced him, the Cuban people might have dared to hope for more than his regime could provide. More »

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      Iran  • Syria  • Cuba  • Fidel Castro  • Soviet Union  • Cuban embargo  • isolation

    • Mao Offered US 10M Chinese Women

      newser  |  BBC  |  Feb 13, 08 9:54 PM CST

      Mao Offered US 10M Chinese Women

      China’s Mao Zedong once jokingly offered the US 10 million women from his poor, overpopulated country to kickstart bilateral trade, the BBC reports. Other talks covered the Soviet threat, but during one chummy meeting with Henry Kissinger in Beijing in 1973, Mao said China’s female influx produced too many children, telling Nixon’s national security adviser, “Let them go to your place.” More »

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      China  • Soviet Union  • Henry Kissinger  • Mao Zedong  • bilateral trade  • Chinese women

  • December 2007
  • November 2007

    • From Detroit to Dresden to Siberia

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Nov 16, 07 5:42 PM CST

      From Detroit to Dresden to Siberia

      John Noble, an American who wrote two memoirs about the decade he spent as a Soviet prisoner, including 3 years in the gulag, died last week at 84, the Telegraph reports. Taken into Soviet custody in 1945, Noble and his father were incarcerated in Dresden, Germany, where they had run a family-owned camera factory. "Justice doesn't exist," a guard warned them. More »

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      obituary  • Detroit  • World War II  • Soviet Union  • Dresden

    • Watchdog Won't Monitor Russia Election

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Nov 16, 07 2:05 PM CST

      Watchdog Won't Monitor Russia Election

      An international election watchdog agency has canceled its mission to monitor Russia’s December vote because its delegation's visa applications “have continuously been denied,” reports the Washington Post. The lack of oversight by the agency, part of the 55-member Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, is expected to heighten concerns about the legitimacy of the elections. More »

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      Russia  • Vladimir Putin  • election  • poll  • Moscow  • Soviet Union  • United Russia

  • October 2007
  • September 2007

    • Israel Cracks Neo-Nazi Gang

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Sep 9, 07 4:03 PM CDT

      Israel Cracks Neo-Nazi Gang

      Israelis are glued to the TV over news that police have busted a Neo-Nazi gang on Israeli soil, the Daily Telegraph reports. The Russian immigrant group allegedly filmed its attacks on gays and observant Jews and have vowed to "kill them all." A policeman said, "It is difficult to believe that Nazi ideology sympathizers can exist in Israel, but it is a fact." More »

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      Israel  • police  • Nazi  • immigrant  • Jews  • Adolf Hitler  • Soviet Union  • Neo-Nazi  • white supremacism

  • August 2007

    • Starbucks to Get First Sip of Russian Market

      newser  |  Seattle Times  |  Aug 30, 07 2:34 PM CDT

      Starbucks to Get First Sip of Russian Market

      Starbucks will finally open its first Russian store next month, the Seattle Times reports, but the coffee giant will need a jolt of caffeine to achieve the brand recognition of Western rivals who've been in the market for years. Traditionally tea drinkers, Russians have warmed up to domestic coffee purveyors, and few expect Starbucks' latest expansion to fail. More »

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      Russia  • Starbucks  • coffee  • McDonald's  • Moscow  • Soviet Union  • St. Petersburg  • consumerism

    • Putin Vows to Boost Production of Military Aircraft

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 22, 07 1:33 AM CDT

      Putin Vows to Boost Production of Military Aircraft

      Russian Premier Vladimir Putin has announced ambitious new plans to revive Russia's military aircraft production, which could include new nuclear bombers for "strategic deterrence," according to a US aide. Appearing at the largest air show in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union, Putin vowed to make his nation the world's leading producer of military aircraft, reports the Guardian . More »

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      Russia  • Vladimir Putin  • NATO  • Soviet Union  • Czech Republic  • missile shield  • Russian military

    • Georgia Claims Russian Attack

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Aug 7, 07 4:53 AM CDT

      Georgia Claims Russian Attack

      Georgia has accused the Russian military of launching a missile at a small village in its territory. Reuters reports that the missile narrowly avoided a town west of Tbilisi and landed in a farm. The Georgian interior minister decried what he called an "act of aggression" but the Russian government has denied all responsibility. More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • NATO  • Soviet Union  • missile  • Tbilisi

  • July 2007

    • Russians Flock to New Religions

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 17, 07 3:42 PM CDT

      Russians Flock to New Religions

      Is a former traffic cop named Sergei Tropov really the reincarnation of Jesus? Five thousand devoted followers of the Church of the Last Testament believe so, and they've relocated to a remote corner of the Siberian wilderness, where they are constructing a new town founded on the 18-year-old religion. The Washington Post pays a call. More »

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      Russia  • religion  • church  • Soviet Union  • faith  • Siberia  • worshippers

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