Between Gorbachev and Xi, no greater contrast is possible. One devolved the power of his position as Supremo of the CPSU to a fault, the other has taken over all the key centres of the CCP. Yet, given ...

As Operation Barbarossa begins, Totenkopf plunges into savage warfare across the Soviet front. From brutal battles at Lake Ilmen to encirclement in the Demyansk Pocket, the division's resilience and ...

Manchester's own piece of Cold War history survives in the form of the Guardian telephone exchange. Also known as 'Scheme 567 ...

The German constitution outlaws the former Nazi swastika and other remnants as “symbols of anti-constitutional organizations.

The Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier has suffered several accidents from 2009 to 2019, and has been undergoing overhaul and ...

The Battle of Kursk was a catastrophic defeat for Germany; the Wehrmacht suffered around 200,000 casualties and lost nearly 700 tanks and 1,000 aircraft. These losses were irreplaceable.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency effort to resurrect a secretive Soviet design for an aircraft that skims just ...

As scattered details of the apparent suicide of Russia’s former transport minister Roman Starovoit trickled in via state ...

"Live Not By Lies!" argues that parts of the West, particularly Britain, are in the grips of "soft totalitarianism." ...

In the Georgian highland village of Ghorjomi, Friday prayers in the local mosque are always packed, says imam Tamaz Gorgadze.

Grunge cracked the glossy surface of American pop culture in 1991, dragging flannel and angst into the mainstream, alongside ...

An interview with Trita Parsi on the “self-fulfilling prophecy” set in motion by Israeli and U.S. attacks and the diplomatic bind Iran now faces.