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Soviet

# soviet - Friday 8 February, 2013

You had it last… Original document which detailed breakup of USSR missing

The discovery was made after the former leader of Belarus requested the document while writing his memoirs.

# soviet - Saturday 2 February, 2013

Stalingrad This post contains images

Russia remembers Stalingrad 70 years on

Today Russia marks the 70th anniversary of a brutal battle in which the Red Army defeated Nazi forces and changed the course of World War II.

# soviet - Monday 8 October, 2012

Nuclear Weapons This post contains videos

Video: Nukes must be eradicated but US ignoring the issue: Gorbachev

The former Soviet leader says the US is doing too little to get rid of nuclear weapons.

# soviet - Monday 30 July, 2012

Astronaut Sally Ride sparks posthumous debate on coming out

The first American woman in space kept her coming out until her self-penned obituary. Some wish she’d done it earlier.

# soviet - Tuesday 24 July, 2012

Space This post contains videos

First US woman astronaut in space dies aged 61

Sally Ride was the only person to serve on the investigations into both the Challenger and Columbia disasters.

# soviet - Tuesday 26 June, 2012

Ein Berliner This post contains videos

WATCH: Today in 1963, JFK made this speech…

The ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ speech became one of the US president’s most famous addresses.

# soviet - Monday 30 January, 2012

Great Escape This post contains videos

TG4 to document Limerick man’s help in KGB agent’s prison break

Ex-British spy George Blake was sentenced to 42 years in prison after being convicted of spying for the Soviets during the Cold War.

# soviet - Thursday 24 November, 2011

EU proposes another €500m to decommission Soviet-style nuclear plants

Meanwhile, the Commission says that stress tests on the nuclear power plants across 15 member states are going according to plan.

# soviet - Wednesday 10 August, 2011

China This post contains videos

China tests first aircraft carrier as Taiwan unveils an ‘aircraft carrier killer’

China’s new ship is a refurbished former Soviet carrier. Taiwan meanwhile has unveiled a missile today which it says can destroy aircraft carriers.