Soviet Union
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Why is Putin's visit to India significant? A look back at India-Russia bonhomie over the years
Explainers | Dec 03, 2025, 02:46 PM ISTRussian President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit to India, his first since the Ukraine war marks a crucial moment in the long, trust-based relationship between New Delhi and Moscow. Despite Western pressure, sanctions and global tensions, India and Russia continue to rely on each other in key areas
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List of US Presidents who have visited Soviet Union or Russia
Politics | Jul 11, 2025, 02:31 PM ISTSeveral US presidents have visited the Soviet Union or Russia for key meetings and treaty signings, beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt as the first visitor and most recently Barack Obama in 2013.
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Russia-Azerbaijan tensions soar: What's behind the rift and how could this reshape regional balance?
World | Jul 03, 2025, 05:58 PM ISTOnce strategic partners in the post-Soviet order, Russia and Azerbaijan are drifting into open hostility. From diplomatic snubs to deaths in custody and geopolitical realignments, ties between Moscow and Baku are under unprecedented strain.
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North Korea vows unconditional support to Russia, Kim says relations even closer than in Soviet-era
World | Jun 19, 2024, 02:48 PM ISTNorth Korea intends to further improve its strategic cooperation with Russia, the North’s leader Kim Jong Un said during a summit meeting with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Russia puts Estonia PM, Baltic officials on wanted list for destroying Soviet-era monuments
World | Feb 13, 2024, 08:12 PM ISTEstonia, Latvia and Lithuania demolished most of their Soviet-era monuments following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The act is punishable by a five-year prison term under the Russian criminal code, and the Russian Investigative Committee has launched a probe.
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Russia's Soviet-era nuclear-powered vessel catches fire mid-sea, no casualties
World | Dec 25, 2023, 04:14 PM ISTRussia’s emergencies ministry said a fire broke out on a nuclear-powered container ship and icebreaker in the northern port of Murmansk but was quickly extinguished.
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Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet Prez who ended Cold War, dies aged 91
World | Aug 31, 2022, 06:36 AM ISTMikhail Gorbachev death: Though in power for less than seven years, Gorbachev unleashed a breathtaking series of changes. But they quickly overtook him and resulted in the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Why did Russia invade Ukraine? FAQs about the conflict that has shocked the world
World | Feb 27, 2022, 12:43 PM ISTAccording to the last full census taken in 2001, 17.3 per cent of the citizens of independent Ukraine identified themselves as ethnic Russians. This was a decline of almost five percentage points from 1989, reflecting in part an out-migration of Russians after the breakup of the Soviet Union.
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Russia conducts its largest military drills since end of cold war
News | Sep 12, 2018, 04:27 PM ISTRussia began its biggest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union close to its border with China
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Corruption could ruin China as Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc: Beijing’s graft buster
World | Nov 15, 2017, 07:47 PM ISTChina must step up vigilance against corruption in order to safeguard against a Soviet-style collapse, Reuters quoted second most senior graft buster as saying in an editorial on Wednesday.
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Many Congress, CPI, CPI-M members were paid by Soviets even during Rajiv Gandhi rule: CIA
National | Jan 30, 2017, 11:27 PM ISTSoviets pumped huge amounts of cash in India to influence policies during Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's government as well as under Rajiv Gandhi rule, CIA documents reveal.
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No record of Netaji’s stay in Russia, reveals declassified files
India | Jul 30, 2016, 10:48 AM ISTThe new set of declassified 25 files relating to Netaji’s Subhas Chandra Bose has no record of his stay in the Soviet Union in 1945. The latest revelation has contradicted the reports that he had
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Declassified files prove Netaji did not live in USSR: website
World | Jan 24, 2016, 09:43 PM ISTLondon: The 100 Indian government files declassified by India confirm that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose did not live in the former Soviet Union in or after 1945, said a UK website set up to chart
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China publishes lunar orbiter photos of the Earth and Moon together
World | Nov 11, 2014, 12:12 PM ISTBeijing: China on Monday published photographs of the Earth and Moon together taken by the orbiting service module of the country's first unmanned lunar orbiter, which returned to Earth earlier this month.The photos were taken
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Chinese unmanned lunar orbiter returns home
World | Nov 01, 2014, 06:36 AM ISTBeijing: China succeeded on Saturday in the world's first mission to the Moon and back for some 40 years, becoming the third nation to do so after the former Soviet Union and the US.The test
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Top 10 most dangerous civilizations in world history
World | Nov 02, 2014, 11:28 AM ISTNew Delhi: Man was living the life of an animal before civilizations sprang up. Civilizations made human beings organized, social and raised their standard of living.While some civilizations were very progressive and peaceful like Indus