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Monday, May 20

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Ukrainian official suggests turning Soviet monument into LGBT symbol

tass.com

The Peoples' Friendship Arch in Kiev was unveiled in 1982 to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Soviet Union and the reunification of Ukraine with Russia in 1654

Thursday, May 16

06

Slovakia Has Charted Its Own Course Since the Fall of the Soviet Union

www.nytimes.com

Slovakia is one of two nations born out of the former Czechoslovakia, a multiethnic nation established at the end of World War I.

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Monday, May 13

17

Meet the group preparing for a Soviet Union-type collapse of the US economy

Opinions fluctuate on the economy, but one group has a decidedly strong take.

Thursday, May 9

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US veteran says Soviet Union turned the tide of World War II

tass.com

Frank Cohn said the people that refuse to do justice to the Soviet role in the war simply don't understand what was going on

Wednesday, May 8

16

Moscow condemns Berlin’s ban on symbols connected to Russia, Soviet Union

tass.com

Maria Zakharova called Germany’s decision to ban the symbols of the Victory "a most shameful page" in the republic’s history

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Attack on Soviet Union was OUN’s aim from outset — declassified archives

tass.com

One of the memos, classified as "Top secret," dated February 1948, contains information concerning the creation of the OUN even before the Great Patriotic War - during the period from 1929 to 1941

Tuesday, Apr 30

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Mykhailo Fomenko, former Ukraine coach and a Soviet-era player for Dynamo Kyiv, has died at 75

www.bostonglobe.com

As a player, Mykhailo Fomenko was a key defender on the Dynamo team that won the Soviet Union’s league title three times, and the 1975 Cup Winners’ Cup in Europe.

Thursday, Apr 18

14

Germany ignores Russian note about Nazi crimes in Soviet Union, diplomat says

tass.com

Maria Zakharova stressed that Berlin would not be able "to take refuge in silence and avoid providing a response," while Russia would continue working consistently to preserve the historical truth about the crimes of German Nazism

Wednesday, Apr 17

20

Apple renews For All Mankind and announces a spinoff series set in the Soviet Union

www.engadget.com

For All Mankind is coming back for a fifth season of space-based alt-history hijinks on Apple TV+. This is unsurprising news, given the near-universal critical acclaim heaped on season four. However, the company also surprise-announced a…

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Apple gives For All Mankind another season and a Soviet spin-off, Star City

www.avclub.com

Great news for dads and dads at heart: For All Mankind is returning for another season. The alt-history series from Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi, which is being called a “hit” by Apple TV+’s publicity department, will…

Tuesday, Apr 16

23

MATT GOODWIN: Police shutting down a Conservatism conference in the heart of the EU was a tactic straight out of the Soviet playbook

www.dailymail.co.uk

MATT GOODWIN: If anyone, anywhere, needed any clarification as to why Britain was right to leave the European Union - this should surely be it.

Sunday, Apr 14

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Tuesday, Apr 9

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Vladimir Putin planning 'new Soviet Union' as he sets sights on next invasion target

www.express.co.uk

The bombshell news is sending shockwaves through the international community, as Moscow steps up its attempts to bring its former colonies back under its sovereignty.

Saturday, Apr 6

15

Stalin’s spa resort once dubbed ‘Riviera of Soviet Union’ left to crumble for decades…but it may be brought back to life

HIDDEN in the middle of the forest lies Joseph Stalin’s abandoned luxury resort town – famous for its natural springs with “healing powers”.

Stalin’s spa resort once dubbed ‘Riviera of Soviet Union’ left to crumble for decades…but it may be brought back to life

www.the-sun.com

HIDDEN in the middle of the forest lies Joseph Stalin’s abandoned luxury resort town – famous for its natural springs with “healing powers”.

Stalin’s spa resort once dubbed ‘Riviera of Soviet Union’ left to crumble for decades…but it may be brought back to life

www.thesun.co.uk

HIDDEN in the middle of the forest lies Joseph Stalin’s abandoned luxury resort town – famous for its natural springs with “healing powers”.

Tuesday, Mar 19

10

EDITORIAL: Soviet Union, Redux

www.arkansasonline.com

Boris here, Comrade Clerk. Get operations on phone. Heads will roll. Or maybe just careers, if they're lucky. Oh, for glorious days of past when Soviet Union was complete, before the greatest geopolitical calamity of our time: its fall.…

Monday, Mar 18

21

Greens propose radical measures against Australia's supermarkets - but Anthony Albanese is not impressed: 'We're not the old Soviet Union'

www.dailymail.co.uk

Supermarkets that steamroll their customers and suppliers could be stripped of investments and properties under proposed laws.

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Pianist Byron Janis, Remembered for Performances in Soviet Union, Passes Away at 95

www.latestly.com

Renowned pianist Byron Janis, a student of the legendary Vladimir Horowitz, has passed away at 95. Janis achieved historical significance when he was chosen by the US to perform in the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The news was…