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For some athletes, the Olympics arent just a chance to compete - theyre an opportunity to defect For some athletes, the Olympics are... On Sunday, Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya turned up at the Polish Embassy in Tokyo - becoming the latest Olympic athlete to refuse to return to her country out of fear for her personal safety. The Olympics have served as sites of protest, platforms to isolate discriminatory regimes and theaters for Cold War tensions. For some athletes and coaches, the Games have also offered avenues to defect. "The Olympics provide a very attractive oppor...

10 brands born in the USSR and popular still RBTH 26 Jul 2021, 07:54 GMT+10 The most delicious Soviet cake, the favorite Soviet perfume and the best-known Russian export vodka - here are some of the most popular brands of the Soviet era that you still can find on sale in stores. 1. Krasnaya Moskva perfume Vasily Malyshev/Sputnik Produced by the Moscow factory Novaya Zarya since 1925, the origin story of the favorite perfume of generations of Soviet women has long been wrapped in mystery and legend. According to one theory, Krasnaya Moskva (Red Moscow) was a variation on the perfume Bouquet de...

6 May 2021 08:00 Share in: NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Today's Birthdays is the one-stop shop where you can learn about prominent Kazakhstani people who were born on the 6th of May. Related news Ilya Zhakanov (1936) – composer, writer, publicist, musicologist, merited worker of culture of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Born in Zhambyl region, he graduated from the Philological Faculty of the Kazakh State University, Atyrau State University. Zhakanov headed the department of literature and culture in the Kazakhstan pioneri newspaper, worked as an ed...

The KGB Was More Messed Up Than You Thought Shutterstock By Gina Scanlon/March 8, 2021 1:45 pm EDT/Updated: March 22, 2021 10:08 am EDT The KGB is a three-letter acronym most people associate with dark alley espionage, heavy Russian accents, and Vladimir Putin. But do all those scary and downright ominous spy stories have any merit?  Considering the KGB spawned from the brainchild of one Joseph Stalin, a genocidal dictator, the organization's potential for destruction was imminent. Though it's hard to confirm many of the KGB's tactics due to the illusive nature of its exist...

#ICYMI: U.S. Athlete Aims For Gender Equality 02/21/21 #ICYMI -- In Case You Missed It ... Sometimes the best stories don't get the attention we think they deserve. Here are our staff picks for articles this week they really want you to know about.. Let Women Decathlon promotional poster. (Luckie & Co) (ATR) Jordan Gray owns the U.S. record in the women's decathlon. But she can't compete at the Olympics because the event is not part of the Games. So the native of Ball Ground, Georgia has launched “Let Women Decathlon”, a campaign petitioning the IOC to include women’s decathlon in the...