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Mongolia’s Path to Democratic Revolution – The Diplomat
AdvertisingIt is December 10, 1989. A Mongolian band sings "The Sound of a Bell" in Sukhbaatar Square - symbolically awakening the Mongolian population and welcoming democracy. At this time, the Soviet Union was on the verge of…
How Finns sabotaged Red Army retreat with Polka music
The war between Finland and the Soviet Union was cold, not only in terms of the temperatures on the ground during the fighting, but also in terms of the feelings each side had for each other.Before World War II broke out in…
How strange to see your country die
During the last years of Soviet communism, the English-speaking media focused heavily on political developments in the western regions of the USSR, with an!-->…
Armenian-American groups fight COVID disinformation
In Armenia, it is estimated that less than a quarter of residents had been vaccinated against COVID-19 by mid-December, even as the country fired vaccinated tourists.The numbers are nowhere near as striking in Glendale and Los Angeles…
US Air Force B-2 stealth bomber caught on Google Earth
A $ 2 billion B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is now visible on Google Earth after a Reddit user shared a photo of the plane flying over a farmer's field in Missouri.The user, as Hippowned, posted the photo of Davis, Missouri on Monday, which has…
Russian-American Escalation: How Did We Get Here? | Conflict
Over the past year, tensions between Russia on one side and Ukraine and the West on the other have erupted, fueling fears of yet another armed conflict. The two sides exchanged accusations of provoking a military escalation and there was…
This is what made the Tupolev Tu-16 badger so impressive
At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union was trying to acquire a huge military outweighs its Western rivals. Nuclear weaponry was of course underway, but the Soviets were keen to improve and massively expand their air force.…
The United States paid a heavy price for condoning the genocide in Bangladesh in 1971 – OpEd…
By Arul Louis * American realpolitik took a 180-degree turn between 1971 and today, but Washington continues to pay a heavy price for the decision that led it to turn a blind eye to the genocide perpetrated in Bangladesh by Pakistani…
The Germans neglect the Soviets, surprised by the defeat of Moscow | The Second World War
(December 17, 2021) Eighty years ago this week, the Red Army drove the Wehrmacht from the gates of Moscow.…
How the liberation of Bangladesh shook South Asia – the diplomat
Supporters and leaders of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata (BJP) party shout slogans during a rally in favor of a new citizenship law which opponents say threatens India's secular identity, in Kolkata, India on Friday February 7, 2020.…