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British-Ukrainian journalist Bohdan Nahaylo, Chief Editor of Kyiv Post, reflects on his long career as journalist in the UK, Germany and Ukraine.

In little more than six tumultuous years, Gorbachev lifted the Iron Curtain, decisively altering the political climate of the world

Adopting principles of glasnost and perestroika, he weighed the legacy of seven decades of Communist rule and set a new course, presiding over the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the U.S.S.R.

Thane Gustafson in Klimat, Russia in the Age of Climate Change, says a lot about Russian energy and metals despite not consulting any experts

Last modified on Fri 16 Apr 2021 15.48 EDT Michael Bourdeaux, who has died aged 87, founded Keston College in Bromley, south-east London, in 1969 as a centre for the study and dissemination of reliable information about religion in communist countries. He described the college in his memoirs as “my concept”, and poured into it his “energy and commitment over a period of 30 years”. It was an organisation that rattled the Soviet authorities; indeed Oleg Gordievsky, the Soviet double agent...

Home Alexei Navalny protests show the power of digital ‘samizdat’ Alexei Navalny protests show the power of digital ‘samizdat’ Russian dissident has exploited technology to mobilise public dissent World Economy News 29 Jan 2021 • 3 min read In a video conference with students this week, President Vladimir Putin made the startling claim that the jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny was conspiring with foreign intelligence agencies ...