Gorbachev warns of failure of nuclear ban
The last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, has warned that civilisation could be on the brink of destruction after the end…
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Leipzig marks 30 years since Cold War uprising
Leipzig, East Germany’s second city, held a candle-lit memorial on October 9 when approximately 70,000 residents marched past the headquarters…
Russia, Germany condemn Trump arms treaty threat
Russia has threatened a renewed arms race after Donald Trump threatened to pull the US out of a 1980s nuclear…
Novaya Gazeta wins Kursk sub case
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Russia must compensate journalists who were sued for reporting on the…
Chechnya denies state slaughter
A Chechen government spokesman has rejected a report by the only independent Russian newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, that 27 Chechens had…
Chechnya asked to explain 27 deaths
Reports in the Novaya Gazeta newspaper that the security forces in Chechnya killed 27 people on January 26 must be…
Cold War legend Kohl dies, 87
Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the architect of German reunification, has died aged 87. “We mourn,” Kohl’s Christian Democratic Union…
Moscow condemns Nato ‘aggression’
Mikhail Gorbachev being introduced to Barack Obama by Joe Biden in 2009. “Gorby” is normally critical of the Kremlin rather than the White…