Oleg Gordievsky, Britain’s most valuable Cold War spy inside the KGB, dies at 86
Former KGB officer Oleg Gordievsky has died aged 86 in England. He was a double agent who helped change the course of the ...
Russian court jails anti-war Soviet-era dissident for 16 years, prosecutor says
A military court in St Petersburg jailed Soviet-era dissident and anti-war activist Alexander Skobov for 16 years on Friday after convicting him of "justifying terrorism," the Prosecutor General's ...
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While Trump Courts Him, Putin Is Escalating Russia’s Hybrid War Against the West
ANDREI SOLDATOV is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis and Co-Founder and Editor of ...
Daily Express18d
The creepy abandoned nuclear power station with a dark Cold War secret
It shouldn’t be surprising that they look alike. Both were Soviet-designed reactors constructed in the 1970s as the Eastern Bloc embraced nuclear energy, but it’s still eerie. After the fall ...
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‘Really huge’ unexploded WWII bomb found outside Paris triggers major rail disruption
Trains to and from Paris were heavily disrupted following the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb early on Friday near the world’s third-busiest train station. Almost 500 trains were ...
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Unexploded WWII bomb halts high-speed rail travel connecting Paris to London and Brussels
The discovery of an unexploded WWII bomb near Paris' Gare du Nord has halted high-speed rail travel to London and Brussels. Eurostar has canceled all services to and from Gare du Nord, affecting ...
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Unexploded WWII bomb in Paris halts Eurostar travel to London and trains to northern France
The device was found close to where dozens of Olympic events were held. LONDON -- Eurostar trains to London, including all trains heading to northern France, stopped abruptly on Friday morning ...
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PM Modi likely to visit Russia for May 9 Victory Day parade to mark Soviet win over Nazi: Report
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Russia for the May 9 parade in Moscow’s Red Square commemorating the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, according to Russian news ...
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DWP urged to act to prevent 'retirement tax' hitting millions of pensioners
Rachel Reeves is under increasing pressure to hike the personal allowance, amid fears that Britain's pensioners could fall victim to an unfair "retirement tax" trap. Campaigners are raising alarms ...
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