Rebel comrades: How Russian imperial nostalgia found its Confederate soul
Russia's Kremlin loyalists and America's MAGA faithful have a lot in common — and they're both enslaved by the past ...
The $7 Billion Defense Contractor Who Became One of America’s Biggest Alleged Tax Cheats
Douglas Edelman’s glitzy European lifestyle came to a halt when he was charged with hiding income through companies put in ...
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An artist traces her choices under Putin’s Russia – from resistance to retreat to exile – one mural at a time
The book is a collection of what she terms “graphic reportage”: comic-style art combined with current events ... and urban activists who protested plans to tear down Soviet-era apartments. She still ...
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'If you have integrity, nothing else matters': Alan Simpson, former U.S. Senator, dies at 93
Wyo., famous for his quick wit and ability to work across the aisle in Congress, died Friday morning. He was 93 years old.
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Sofia Gubaidulina, Composer Who Provoked Soviet Censors, Dies at 93
She was part of a group of important composers in the Soviet Union, including Arvo Pärt ... baritone and strings that dramatizes a dialogue about art and creation using texts by the Austrian ...
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USAID’s history shows decades of good work on behalf of America’s global interests, although not all its projects succeeded
Responding to a Soviet threat in the 1960s USAID dates back ... including modern fertilizers and tractors. This helped some farmers produce more crops, faster. But it also created disparities ...
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Kharkovchanka: The Soviet Beast of the Ice
How Did the USSR Build the Ultimate Cold-Weather Machine? Surviving -80°C temperatures, deadly blizzards, and miles of endless ice, this Soviet-built tractor was unlike anything before it. But was it ...
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A music producer found an old record. It opened up a world of Soviet-era disco
SOHONIE: There was kind of a movement in the Soviet Union to liberalize the arts, in a sense. EISENBERG: This was maybe the first time that music didn't have to be overtly ideological. That was the ...