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This $21.7 million ranch for sale in Montana once served as a hideout for a Soviet pilot who defected in a MiG-25. Take a look.

Tue, 07/09/2024 - 00:52

Green hills with mountains — Rocking Chair Ranch is located in Philipsburg, Montana.
Hall and Hall

Real Estate, Military & Defense, soviet-union, Montana

The US secretly sent communist-friendly Coca-Cola to a Soviet general in a bid to maintain good ties across the Iron Curtain

Fri, 05/17/2024 - 13:42

Dwight Eisenhower talks into Georgy Zhukov's ear while a third general, Bernard Montgomery, looks on. All three are holding glasses before a toast. — British Gen. Bernard Montgomery, left, US Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, center, and Soviet Gen. Georgy Zhukov, before a toast on June 10, 1945.
Bettmann/Getty Images

Military & Defense, soviet-union, georgy-zhukov, Coca-Cola, coca-cola-clear, white-coke, world-war-ii

Vintage photos show what life looked like behind the Iron Curtain

Fri, 05/17/2024 - 11:40

Tech Insider : Travel

beach day ussr — Children admire a painting on a sunny beach day in Russia.
Vladimir Bogdanov/FotoSoyuz/Getty Images

Travel, News, Features, soviet-union, berlin-wall, Russia, Moscow

Russia again had only one tank in its big Victory Day military parade, and it was a World War II relic

Thu, 05/09/2024 - 13:30

Victory Day military parade in Moscow — Ceremonial soldiers parade during 79th anniversary of the Victory Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia on May 09, 2024.
ALEXANDER NEMENOV/Getty Images

Military & Defense, Ukraine, Russia, Tanks, world-war-ii, soviet-union

Russia's war spending and labor exodus are bringing back a Soviet Union economy, IMF official says

Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:30

Tech Insider : Economy

Russian President Vladimir Putin. — Russian President Vladimir Putin.
GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images

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Russia's worker shortage is so bad the economy is leaning on the Soviet-era practice of using prison labor, think tank says

Thu, 11/23/2023 - 09:30

Tech Insider : Economy

Russian penal colony — Security worker walks by the gate of a penal colony in Vladimir, Russia.
Kirill Zarubin/AP Photo

economy, Markets, russian-economy, russia-ukraine-war, worker-shortage, prison-labor, soviet-union

Tank battles in Ukraine are putting several generations of 'crappy Russian armored vehicles' and their flaws on display

Wed, 10/04/2023 - 06:37

Two destroyed Russian tanks on a city road. — Destroyed Russian tanks on display in Kyiv in August.
Yevhenii Zavhorodnii/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

Military & Defense, Russia, Ukraine, soviet-union, main-battle-tank, Tank, armored-personnel-carrier

China is eroding Russia's influence over old allies as the alliance it leads crumbles over Ukraine, expert says

Thu, 09/07/2023 - 05:56

Tech Insider : Politics

chinese President Xi Jinping and Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev shake hands in front of the two countries' flags — Chinese leader Xi Jinping (right) and Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev shake hands during a signing ceremony, ahead of the China-Central Asia Summit in Xian, China in May 2023.
REUTERS/Florence Lo/Pool

Military & Defense, politics, News, news-uk, Russia, Ukraine, csto

Top US Air Force general was surprised that Russia 'gave up' trying to destroy Ukraine's Russian-designed air defenses so quickly

Mon, 08/21/2023 - 16:48

Russian Su-35 fighter jet wreck — The remains of a Russian Su-35 fighter jet downed in the Kharkiv region in April 2022.
Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff/Handout via REUTERS

Military & Defense, Russia, Ukraine, soviet-union, air-defense-systems, surface-to-air-missile, short-range-air-defense

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