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- Lithuania’s foreign minister urges embargo on Russian energy, saying imports pay for military operation; ‘we cannot pay with blood of Ukraine’
- Gabrielius Landsbergis meets US Secretary of State during Blinken’s tour of the Baltics, while Lithuanian president warns Putin ‘will not stop in Ukraine’
‘Khrushchev restored Kyiv after World War II so was very loving towards that city … and now it’s being bombed by another leader of Russia’.
‘Khrushchev restored Kyiv after World War II so was very loving towards that city … and now it’s being bombed by another leader of Russia’.
Ukrainians before and during invasion have been singing, with song also a part of worldwide protests against the Russian attack.
Ukrainians before and during invasion have been singing, with song also a part of worldwide protests against the Russian attack.
The political turmoil that ended the world’s first communist state spurred Beijing to maintain tight political control while it allowed economic liberalisation.
The political turmoil that ended the world’s first communist state spurred Beijing to maintain tight political control while it allowed economic liberalisation.
To commemorate the Battle of Moscow’s 80th anniversary, members of the Russian Military History Club re-enacted the classic battle in a suburb of the city on October 10, 2021.The re-enactment of one of the most significant battles between the USSR and Germany during World War II attracted crowds of spectators. In October 1941, the Soviet Red Army fought against German forces who were advancing towards Moscow at the Mozhaisk Defense Line. The battle gave the country time to step up its defence of the capital city and prevent Moscow from being captured.
To commemorate the Battle of Moscow’s 80th anniversary, members of the Russian Military History Club re-enacted the classic battle in a suburb of the city on October 10, 2021.The re-enactment of one of the most significant battles between the USSR and Germany during World War II attracted crowds of spectators. In October 1941, the Soviet Red Army fought against German forces who were advancing towards Moscow at the Mozhaisk Defense Line. The battle gave the country time to step up its defence of the capital city and prevent Moscow from being captured.
The decision was announced two days after Prague expelled 18 Russian embassy staff, saying it suspected Russian intelligence was involved in explosions at an ammunition depot in 2014.
The decision was announced two days after Prague expelled 18 Russian embassy staff, saying it suspected Russian intelligence was involved in explosions at an ammunition depot in 2014.
Espionage gadgets from the former Soviet Union’s security agency will go under the hammer in an auction in Beverly Hills, USA on February 13, 2021. The collection includes a handbag with a hidden camera, an ashtray with a concealed microphone, fake teeth used to hide cyanide and a replica of an umbrella with a hidden poison needle believed to have been used to assassinate Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov.
Espionage gadgets from the former Soviet Union’s security agency will go under the hammer in an auction in Beverly Hills, USA on February 13, 2021. The collection includes a handbag with a hidden camera, an ashtray with a concealed microphone, fake teeth used to hide cyanide and a replica of an umbrella with a hidden poison needle believed to have been used to assassinate Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov.