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Worldcrunch » ussr

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Remains of the past, looking toward the future
Geopoliticsgermany

What Will Define The 25 Years Since The Berlin Wall Fell

by Dominique Moïsi November 8, 2024
First Afghan President To Vogue Icon — On This Day In History November 3
This Happenedhistory

First Afghan President To Vogue Icon — On This Day In History November 3

by Worldcrunch November 3, 2024
Photo of an election poster for Putin in Sebastopol, Ukraine.
Russia-Ukraine Warrussian disinformation

German Dupes, 60s Peaceniks, Tucker Carlson: How To Fight Moscow’s Disinformation Machine

by Roman Vybranovskyi October 23, 2024March 12, 2025
Photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin awarding soldiers at the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Kursk
Russia-Ukraine Warrussia liberalization

My Fellow Ukrainians, The Russian Federation Is Stronger Than You Think

by Mykhailo Dubynianskyi October 23, 2024May 9, 2025
Photo of the U.S. flag and the Chinese flag
Geopoliticsgeopolitics

Is Soft Power Dead?

by Lila Paulou October 23, 2024
Army reserve soldiers go to Red Square to attend a ceremony​
Geopoliticsukraine war

Russia’s Military Failures Are Really About Its Soldiers

by Anna Akage October 23, 2024
Ukrainian soldiers inside the Belbek military air base on March 16
Geopoliticsukraine

Pawns Of Power – With Ukrainian Troops In Crimea

by Bertrand Hauger October 4, 2024
screenshot of russian soldiers holding russian and kazakh flags
Geopoliticskazakhstan russia

How Putin “Lost” Kazakhstan, And Squashed His Own Soviet Revival

by Bethany Wright October 4, 2024
A Donbas Quagmire? Running Out Of Water, Supplies, Men
In The Newsukraine war

A Donbas Quagmire? Running Out Of Water, Supplies, Men

by Irene Caselli, Anne-Sophie Goninet, Anna Akage and Emma Albright October 4, 2024
photo of putin and kim in front of a red guard rail
Geopoliticsvladimir putin

Putin & Kim: What Happens When Two Pariahs Have Nothing Left To Lose

by Pierre Haski September 24, 2024
Image of A man wrapped in a Georgian flag is arrested by police in the streets of Moscow.
Russia-Ukraine Warvladimir putin

Snitch Nation: How Putin’s Regime Is Getting Russians To Turn In Their Neighbors

by Anna Akage September 17, 2024
A man wrapped with a Ukrainian flag looks at a destroyed Russian tank at Khreshchatyk, Kyiv
Ideasrussia ukraine war

Why Russia Has Already Lost The War

by Chloé Touchard September 17, 2024
​Employees of special forces of Kazakhstan on the streets of Astana on the first day of the SCO 2024 summit.
Geopoliticsformer ussr

Why Kazakhstan Is Cracking Down On Pro-Russian Separatists

by Anna Kozyreva July 25, 2024March 10, 2025
Playing For A Ukraine-Russia Draw? Risk Of A Grave Miscalculation By The West
Russia-Ukraine Warrussia ukraine war

Playing For A Ukraine-Russia Draw? Risk Of A Grave Miscalculation By The West

by Petro Gerasimenko July 10, 2024
The De-Russification Dream: How A Ukraine Victory Could Remake Central Asia
Russia-Ukraine Warcentral asia

The De-Russification Dream: How A Ukraine Victory Could Remake Central Asia

by Anna Akage July 8, 2024
History Returns? The Ominous Reality Of D-Day's 80th Anniversary
Geopoliticsd-day

History Returns? The Ominous Reality Of D-Day’s 80th Anniversary

by Dominique Moïsi and Aliou Cisse June 5, 2024
Image of a worker dismantling the statue of a Soviet war hero in Kyiv
Russia-Ukraine Warcolonialism

Decolonization Of Ukraine: Another Way To See The Fight For The Future

by Cameron Manley May 21, 2024March 14, 2025
Societyrussia

While Chavez Gets Embalmed, Lenin May Be Kicked Out Of Red Square

by Emily Liedel April 13, 2024
Presidents Bush, Obama, Bush, Clinton and Carter back in 2009
Eyes on the U.S.united states

Obama’s Foreign Policy Is Most Like This Former President’s

by Worldcrunch April 13, 2024
Beijing-bound aboard the Trans-Siberian train
In The Newschina

China 1976, And My Hunt For The Coronavirus Origin Story

by Worldcrunch February 27, 2024
Cossacks from Zheltura
Societyrussia

In Putin’s Russia, A Modern Return Of The Ultra-Patriotic Cossacks

by Leo Tilmont February 23, 2024March 21, 2025
Havana's "Recova" in front of the Capitolio
Economycuba

Why Is Russia Writing Off Billions Of Cuba’s Debt?

by Emily Liedel February 23, 2024
Paradoxes on display in modern Moscow
Societyrussia

Where Money Worship Meets Soviet Nostalgia In Modern Russia

by Emily Liedel February 23, 2024
Middle-class Russians are discovering the pleasure of wine.
Economyrussia

Why The Vodka Nation Is Ripe For Wine

by Emily Liedel February 23, 2024
A Ukraine-Russia joint military parade in Kiev, back in 2010
Geopoliticsrussia

Russian And Ukrainian Armies: Former Brothers In Arms

by Liz Garrigan February 23, 2024
The Soyuz TMA-16M launched to the International Space Station
Futurerussia

Russia Takes Soviet-Style Tack To Salvage Space Program

by Worldcrunch February 22, 2024
Detail of photograph by Etienne Mallard
Food / Travelgermany

Watch: OneShot — Grandparents And A Soviet Memorial

by Worldcrunch February 22, 2024
Merkel and Putin know each other well
Geopoliticsrussia

Putin’s Blunt Message For Germany: Forget Ukraine

by Anna Akage February 22, 2024
Photo of French President Emmanuel Macron speaking with a group of people in Brussels
Geopoliticsgeopolitics

Does France’s Macron Have The Clout To Make Putin Budge On Ukraine?

by Pierre Haski February 22, 2024March 18, 2025
The silhouette of a Russian soldier during a military parade rehearsal.
Russia-Ukraine Warrussian world

Russkiy Mir Or Bust? How Putin’s “Russian World” Will Backfire In An Epic Way

by Anna Akage February 22, 2024
Photo of a woman looking out the window of a bus in Chisinau, Moldova
Russia-Ukraine Warukraine war

Flashback In The USSR? How Former Soviet Republics Are Reacting To War in Ukraine

by Anna Akage February 22, 2024
Mobilized men say goodbye to their families​ at a station in Moscow
Ideasrussia

To The Slaughter: Why Putin Can Count On So Many Russians Mobilizing For Their Death

by Anna Akage February 22, 2024
Photo of a Russian flag during Unity Day celebrations
In The Newscollapse of russia

No Putin, No Russia? Why Losing The War Wouldn’t Destroy The Russian Federation

by Olena Starik February 22, 2024March 16, 2025
Image of Kai Wegner, Berlin's Governing Mayor, Olekseii Makelev, Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany, and Tobias Linder, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, laying flowers in commemoration of the end of World War II.
Russia-Ukraine Warvictory day

What Will Justice For Ukraine Look Like? The Nazi Demise Offers A Clue

by Olena Starik February 22, 2024
​Mission Control Centre of the Roscosmos Corporation in Korolev, Moscow Region, live broadcasting a resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Russia-Ukraine Warspace

Ukraine Invasion, Navalny, Nukes In Space: What Will Wake Up Republicans To Putin Threat?

by Pierre Haski February 22, 2024
photo of two soldiers in the snow
Geopoliticsukraine war

Why Estonia’s Fears Of A Russian Invasion Are All Too Real

by Pierre Haski February 15, 2024
Photo of a blue skirt, yellow tights and shoes in the colours of the Ukraine flag
Russia-Ukraine Warpropaganda

Blue-Yellow Visions, Bioweapon Warnings: The Face Of Russian Paranoia

by Anna Akage January 17, 2024
​Russian flag and roses being held in the air.
Russia-Ukraine Warrussian world

What Warps The Russian Mind — Liberal Ones Too

by Kirill Rogov January 17, 2024
Kazakhstan's Turn: Putin Having His Way With Former Soviet Republics
Geopoliticskazakhstan

Kazakhstan’s Turn: Putin Having His Way With Former Soviet Republics

by Worldcrunch January 9, 2024May 9, 2025
On The Good Side Of The Fence
bloggermany

On The Good Side Of The Fence

by Bertrand Hauger January 4, 2024

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