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Leyla Boulton, former Moscow correspondent, returns to Russia 20 years after the Soviet collapse
Much of what is going on today is deeply unattractive. But contrary to what you might gather from the western press, Russia is not the Soviet Union, writes Rodric Braithwaite
How Europe emerged from the devastation of two world wars to establish a durable political order
The roles of Gorbachev and Yeltsin in the coup that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union remain elusive
Moscow steadily rebuilds its influence in the old USSR
Lessons from a Soviet coup, 20 years on
Former Soviet leader scolds Kremlin successors
Dmitry Medvedev is strengthening his hand politically while bringing in economic reforms to Russia
If Ronald Reagan deserves a monument, it could be because his record turned out more mainstream than seemed likely when he was elected
David E Hoffman chronicles the horrors built by humans during the cold war era
Solid presence who helped Russia through wrenching change
Castro has finally admitted that Cuba’s socialist model does not work
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