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After Communist leaders suppressed religious holidays, Dec. 31 became a catchall secular holiday — with a New Year’s tree, a ...

Antizionism is not merely a Jewish problem. It is a civilizational one, eroding democratic values, suppressing free speech, ...

Pavel Talankin is the Russian teacher behind the documentary Mr. Nobody against Putin, which exposes the propaganda in ...

The Soviet Union’s ritual for the holiday survived the country’s dissolution—but may be in danger of slipping away.

The Kremlin paints a picture of a society united by war, but underneath, frustration is festering as all avenues of creativity and dissent or controlled or blocked.

MOSCOW, December 19. /TASS/. The Soviet Union, and later Russia, expressed readiness to join NATO but realized they weren’t welcome there, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his combined ...

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The Estonian border fence separating Russia from NATO, as seen near Lutepää in southern Estonia in November 2025. (Linus Höller/staff) LUTEPÄÄ, Estonia — Across the snowy and muddy forests of eastern ...