Across the world, governments build secret facilities to protect their leadership in times of crisis.
The United States and Russia could embark on an unrestrained nuclear arms race for the first time since the Cold War, unless ...
Conventional wisdom holds that there is no agreed definition of fascism. Whereas communism (or Marxism-Leninism) presents some core indicators, scholars have never been able to distill fascism into a ...
Moscow-backed Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s health is in question, and speculation about succession is rife. The Kremlin wants to keep Chechnya quiet, especially amid the war on Ukraine. Kadyrov ...
Presented at Göteborg’s TV Drama Vision, the new Dramanation projects play off powerful IP and A-List talent from Sweden and ...
The Soviet Union spent more than 40 years trying to achieve what has just been handed to Vladimir Putin on a plate.
For most of us in the West, until the fall of the Berlin Wall “Russia” was synonymous with the Soviet Union. Among the 15 ...
We don't know if Maduro’s ousting will make freedom ring for oppressed Venezuelans, but that message would resonate worldwide.
It’s a feature of authoritarian regimes: a patina of reasonableness, swiftly followed by brutal crackdown, R. Bruce Anderson writes ...
In late August 1989 I travelled to Czechoslovakia by train via East Germany to witness the 21st anniversary of the 1968 Prague Spring. People spoke about the beauty of Prague but few Irish people had ...
This weekend marks 40 years since the Scouse classic Letter to Brezhnev was released in UK cinemas. The film, which was directed by Chris Bernard, follows two women as they meet two Russian sailors on ...
Today marks 40 years since Liverpool classic Letter to Brezhnev arrived in UK cinemas and you can watch the film on BBC iPlayer to mark the occasion. The 1985 film holds a special place in the heart ...