As 350 Jews with roots in the former Soviet Union gathered recently for a weekend conference at a Canadian Niagara Falls resort, Montreal was experiencing one of the worst outbreaks ...

The Soviet Union's economy was as influential as it was controversial. Discover the rise and fall of this historic system and the lessons it offers for modern economies.

Most Russians seem unwilling to give up the privileges the government gives them at the expense of the country's ethnic ...

The Cold War was at its height and the U.S. had been flying Lockheed U-2 high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the Central Intelligence Agency and flown by military pilots. The dangers ...

Authorities in Moscow once exonerated people who were tortured, imprisoned, and killed during the Soviet era. The current ...

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was overthrown Sunday after rebels seized control in Damascus. Surprise attacks have ...

Seventy-five-year-old Marina Terishvili's teenage son Mamuka was shot dead at a nationalist rally in Georgia in 1992. Now her ...

In the city, in particular, banners advertising the Mishkino Happiness residential complex were installed directly at the ...

Ukraine is slowly losing the three-year conflict on the battlefield. Russia is slowly losing the economic conflict at a roughly equal pace. The Kremlin’s oil export revenues are too low to sustain a ...

Vice President-elect JD Vance described the ideal American family as one in which the woman’s primary role is as a stay-at-home mother. He also said Kamala Harris’ lack of biological children made her ...

Thousands of Soviet Jews risked persecution to greet Israel's first ambassador, overwhelming security measures to show ...

The rebel offensive that ousted Moscow ally Bashar al-Assad has left Russia's military bases in Syria under threat.