Deseret News archives: Soviet Union traded a pilot for a spy on this day in 1962
On Feb. 10, 1962, on the Glienicke Bridge connecting West Berlin and East Germany, the Soviet Union exchanged captured ...
Russia’s fears over ex-Soviet nations laid bare in leaked paper
Kazakhstan, the region’s largest economy, has condemned the invasion, refused to recognise Russia’s territorial gains and made an effort to demonstrate compliance with western sanctions. Neighbouring ...
Is China the new USSR? Tepid growth, trade barriers may derail China’s plans to rule the 21st century
China poses a significant challenge to U.S. economic dominance, leading in 37 of 44 hi-tech strategic areas. Despite slowing ...
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DeepSeek: The New Sputnik Moment
That’s the word for the news that the Chinese Communists are further along than expected on artificial intelligence.
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The Often Misunderstood History of the Soviet Dissidents
The often misunderstood history of the Soviet dissident movement. In To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause, historian Benjamin Nathans sheds light on how the protest movement reinvented itself at ...
On This Day: Communists give up monopoly of Soviet politics
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev issued a series of reforms and the Communist Party gave up its 70-year monopoly of political power in the Soviet Union.
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A Coup De Grace For Lukashenka
The times of empty shelves and shortages are returning. Lukashenka has appointed a new Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade. And immediately set him unsolvable tasks. For example, “to study ...