In the 1980s, the United States feared that the Soviet Union was developing a new generation of fighters capable of outclassing the F-15 Eagle, which had long guaranteed American air dominance.

F-22 Raptor secrets revealed: How a Cold War rivalry shaped the world’s deadliest fighter jet

 What followed blurred the line between ambition and nightmare, as Ivanov, with the support of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, pursued the radical notion of crossing humans with apes.

What happened when a Soviet scientist tried to create human-ape super soldiers?

It started as an ordinary Soviet training flight, and became one of the strangest aviation incidents of the Cold War. 

How a fighter jet flew 900 kms across Europe without a pilot, before crashing into a farmhouse

NASA's Space Shuttle programme officially ended in 2011, after 30 years of service. The final mission, STS-135, was flown by Atlantis and concluded on 21 July 2011. 

From Columbia to Discovery: The five largest NASA space shuttles in history

Soldiers lit candles around the eternal flame to remember the dead on the 83rd anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union at the World War II Museum on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow, Russia. President Vladimir Putin also paid tribute to the war heroes by laying a wreath.

Russia: 83rd anniversary of Nazi invsion of Soviet Union, Putin pays tribute to war heroes

Vladimir Putin: From Soviet fight-picking child to Russia's reigning president

China's ambassador to France Lu Shaye has sparked anger in eastern Europe and Ukraine while drawing a rebuke in Paris after questioning the sovereignty of post-Soviet countries including Ukraine.

Chinese envoy questions status of post-Soviet Nations

China’s ambassador to France has sparked anger and dismay among eastern European countries after questioning the sovereignty of former Soviet countries including Ukraine. The Chinese ambassador Lu Shaye, in an interview seemingly suggested that countries that emerged after the fall of the Soviet Union are not really sovereign.

Chinese Ambassador to Paris questions 'sovereign status' of former Soviet nations

Chinese ambassador questions sovereignty of former Soviet countries; France, Ukraine, Baltic nations dismayed

President Putin unveils new foreign policy doctrine to preserve ‘Russian World’

Putin's ally warns US that its attempts to divide Russia could lead to doomsday

Mikhail Gorbachev, the man who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91.

Russians bid a sombre goodbye to Gorbachev, died following 'serious and long illness'

From Pizza Hut to the free press: Gorbachev's years after power

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be attending the funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev who was Soviet Union's last leader. The leader died at the age of 91.

Putin to not attend Mikhail Gorbachev's funeral, skip due to 'work schedule'

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union has passed away at the age of 91. Western leaders are mourning his demise, but the statements from Russia have been brief. Revered by the west, reviled at home, he leaves behind a divided legacy. Palki Sharma explains.

Gravitas | Mikhail Gorbachev: Soviet Union's last leader dies

Russia was planning to use monkeypox as bioweapon, claims ex-Soviet scientist

Ivan Lisun is a 97-year old veteran Soviet Union World War 2 soldier whose home got destroyed due to bombardments by Russia amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Former Soviet Union World War 2 soldier lashes out at Russia for destroying his home in Ukraine

High risk of attack from Belarus on western Volyn region of Ukraine, says presidential office

No Russian or Soviet leader has ever visited Pakistan. Reports say Vladimir Putin could break this trend later in the year. What explains this new Russia-Pakistan romance? How should India see it? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: Will Putin make his maiden trip to Pakistan?

Behind Kazakhstan unrest, the strongman’s dilemma

Opinion-Decoding Kazakhstan protests

The world marks the 30th anniversary of the soviet union's disintegration. It was on this day in 1991 when the flag of the soviet union or the USSR was lowered for the last time.

The world marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union

World marks 30th aniversary of soveit union's disintegration

On the 26th of December the world will of course be marking the 30th anniversary of the soviet union's disintegration it was on this day back in the year 1991 when the flag of the soviet union or what was known as the ussr was lowered for the last time over kremlin.

The story of the Soviet Union's demise

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