Putin: Red Army losses in Finland to be honored
68 days ago
Putin says the Red Army sustained heavy losses because of errors, but it mobilized to make Finland "feel all the power of the Russian, then Soviet state," according to Russian news agencies.
Putin urges revival of Soviet-era fitness tests
69 days ago
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has called for the revival of the Soviet-era physical evaluation program that required all schoolchildren to pass fitness tests.
Carnegie: Stalin still admired in ex-Soviet lands
81 days ago
It has found that support for Stalin in Russia has actually increased since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.
US, Russia win team sprints at Nordic Worlds
86 days ago
In the men's 6x1.5-kilometer event, Alexei Petukhov and Nikita Kriukov of Russia beat Sweden's Marcus Hellner and Emil Joensson by 0.4 seconds to win in 21:30.9.
2 Russia-bound jets to pull Russians out of Syria
91 days ago
Russia in January pulled 77 Russians out of Syria on two flights but the foreign ministry insists it is not planning a large-scale evacuation.
US futures down as G20 meet in Russia
95 days ago
US futures down as G20 meet in Russia
Ukraine's Balaklava Bay base designed to get in the last shot of World War III
106 days ago
After a decade of disuse following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Ukrainian government has been working to turn the sprawling complex into a showcase for "what if" Cold War tourism.
'Miracle On Ice' jersey going to auction in NYC
116 days ago
It's one of the greatest sporting moments of the 20th century: the winning goal Mike Eruzione (ee-roo-zee-OH'-nee) scored against the Soviet hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
AP photo essay: Ex-Soviet immigrants change Israel
142 days ago
The world's second-ranked chess master, Belarus-born Boris Gelfand, lives in Israel, and about a quarter of Israel's Olympic coaches grew up in the former Soviet Union.
