Russia confronts its past in teaching of 1917 revolution Current textbooks describe fall of the USSR in a way that is "intentionally neutral". Updated 22 Oct, 2017 10:16am
Sputnik — the tiny sphere that launched the space race Sputnik, the tiny silver sphere with four spider leg-like antennae, shows off Soviet technological prowess. Updated 05 Oct, 2017 10:40am
Russia conflicted on how to mark 100 years since revolutions MOSCOW: It was the year that ended centuries of royal rule, brought two revolutions, ushered in Soviet domination ... Published 16 Mar, 2017 07:04am
30 years on, Russians weigh Gorbachev reforms that sank USSR In a recent opinion poll, 55 per cent of respondents said they disapproved of Gorbachev’s reforms. Updated 03 Jun, 2015 09:17am
Spy row as Kremlin agent in Estonia tells all on Russian TV Russia’s secret service has revealed it had an agent inside the secret police of Estonia for 15 years. Updated 18 Dec, 2014 12:20pm
From shoe-banging to Ukraine, archives comb Khrushchev past MOSCOW: Why did Moscow hand Crimea to Soviet Ukraine in 1954? Was the “red phone” hotline linking the Kremlin... Published 30 Nov, 2014 07:27am
