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# Soviet Union

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February 2024
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Russians bid farewell to Gorbachev, but without Putin
Soviet Union's last president Mikhail Gorbachev has died aged 91
Donald Tusk says UK comparing the EU to the Soviet Union was 'insulting'
Russian man who says he was born here in 1940 has citizenship bid overturned
Mikhail Gorbachev warns of 'dangerous' consequences of tensions between US and Russia
Sales of meldonium soar after Sharapova's positive drug test
Was Polish anti-Communist hero Lech Walesa secretly a Communist informant?
This map shows where women outnumber men around the world
THAT Marco van Basten volley is 27-years old today
Were there nuclear missiles stored in Northern Ireland?
In Photos: 25 years ago today the Berlin Wall fell
Catch-up Wednesday: 3 midweek longreads
Newly-released Nixon tapes reveal conversations with Reagan, Bush... and Pele
The Evening Fix... now with added deer on a city bus
Russia marks Gagarin anniversary with €40bn plan for space supremacy
Ireland's statements muted as global tributes pour in for Thatcher
93-year-old Russian army veteran searches for lost WWII French love
'Alarmist' concerns about an ageing society do not justify welfare cuts
Updated: Russian oligarch and fierce Putin critic Boris Berezovsky found dead
GALLERY: Incredible photos of Afghanistan before the wars
Georgian elections: President concedes shock defeat in peaceful transfer
13 days to Euro 2012: Ireland denied a clear penalty in Russia draw
26 Days to Euro 2012: How did John Aldridge miss this?
30 days to Euro 2012: Der Bomber strikes in Brussels
40 days to Euro 2012: Where did the Germans get such amazing jackets?
China is the world's 'number one executioner' - Amnesty report
Action Replay: the day America's amateurs pulled off a sporting miracle
Stalin's daughter who defected to the US dies aged 85
Putin proposes the formation of a 'Eurasian Union'
Small turnout for anniversary of Russian 'coup' which led to USSR's collapse
West Germany 'wanted to swap West Berlin for part of East' - documents
What happened inside Chernobyl's Reactor 4 on 26 April 1986?
Stalin's brain illness may have caused him to be more brutal