Gorbachev warns of history whitewash
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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned Wednesday against whitewashing the crimes of dictator Josef Stalin, stressing that Russia cannot move forward without facing the truth about its bloody past.
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U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz compared the crimes of Saddam Hussein to the atrocities of the Nazi and Stalinist eras in a speech in Warsaw on Tuesday, and argued that the Sept.
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He s calling the prosecution s case against him a "distortion of history." That charge today as Slobodan Milosevic (sloh-BOH -dahn mee-LOH -shuh-vich) presented an opening statement at his war crimes trial in ...
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Tsezar Kats thought it was a Soviet parade as he marched with Jews out to Ukraine's Babi Yar ravine in 1941, but the absence of balloons and red Soviet flags puzzled the 4-year-old.     Then he saw the piles of ...Comment
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TV news executive Gordon Manning, who helped guide coverage of some of the 20th century's most significant events and arranged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's first interview on U.S. television, has died. He was 89.
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After communism collapsed in Russia during the early 1990s, many analysts warned about the eventual rise of an authoritarian leader who would take control of a weakened, demoralized country
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev has decided to devote his post-presidential years to campaigning for the protection of the environment.
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Moscow warned Western nations on Tuesday against interfering in Ukraine and other ex-Soviet republics and Washington and the European Union
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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev  said on Tuesday he supported tough measures taken by Russian  President Vladimir Putin and wished he had adopted them.
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US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz compared the crimes of Saddam Hussein to the atrocities of the Nazi and Stalinist eras in a speech in Warsaw on Tuesday, and argued that the Sept.
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A Russian news program aired on channel ORT on Aug. 31 questioned the historical grounds of Lithuaniaa s independence, causing uproar among both politicians and the populace.
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&quot;You bums and ingrates! You disgraced your sport and country! Matador defense and half-hearted effort? At the Olympics? The Commies cheated us in &#39;72, and our college kids weren&#39;t good enough in &#39;88, but this is unacceptable. So carry your sorry fannies ...
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President Vladimir Putin should grant Chechnya special status within Russia to end a decade-long insurgency, although some Western countries would like to see Moscow trapped in the "Chechen quagmire" for years, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said on Monday.
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Russia warns Europe and US against recognising independent state
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Israel's education minister says schoolbooks should show the pre-1967 borders, sparking fierce right-wing criticism.
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If you can judge a book by its cover, then the "History of Russia and the World in the 20th Century" tells students the Soviet past was all pride and glory &#151; three of four cover photos invoke Soviet propaganda images.
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Thursday's papers focus on the escalating row between Georgia and Russia, an anti-swastika ban in Germany and ex-Czech leader Havel's 70th birthday.