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Vindman stresses his ‘American story’ in testimony

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who came to the U.S. from the Soviet Union as a child, told House lawmakers that describing President Donald Trump’s July phone call with Ukraine’s president as ‘improper’ would not be tolerated in many other countries. (Nov. 19)

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Today in History for October 15th

Highlights of this day in history: Convicted Nazi war criminal Herman Goering commits suicide behind bars; World War I spy Mata Hari executed; Nikita Khrushchev ousted as Soviet Union’s leader; ‘I Love Lucy’ premieres on TV. (Oct. 15)

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The Chernobyl Wasteland From Above

Fifty thousand people lived in Pripyat, Ukraine before the Soviet Union ordered a complete evacuation following what remains the world’s worst nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in 1986. The town stands as a stark reminder of the danger inherent in nuclear power.

VICE News visited the town to see how the site has dealt with the cleanup and to find out what the future holds for the location of the world’s worst nuclear disaster.

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Today in History for August 20th

Highlights of this day in history: U.S. cruise missiles hit Afghanistan and Sudan after American embassies bombed in Africa; The Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia; NASA’s Voyager 2 launched; Singers Issac Hayes and Robert Plant born. (Aug. 20)

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Ukrainian president Zelensky casts his vote in Parliamentary elections | AFP

Ukraine’s comedian-turned-president Volodymyr Zelensky casts his vote during the Parliamentary elections. Zelensky’s newly-created party is expected to win the largest share of the votes in the election that should usher in a new era in the country dominated up to now by politicians who grew up when the country was part of the Soviet Union. IMAGES

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Today in History for May 22nd

Highlights of this day in history: Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign the ‘Pact of Steel’; Richard Nixon is the first U.S. president to visit the Soviet Union; Actor Laurence Olivier born; Johnny Carson hosts his last ‘Tonight Show.’

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Thousands march in Moscow to mark World War II Victory Day

Thousands carry portraits of World War Two soldiers as they take part in the ‘Immortal Regiment’ march in Moscow: Russia was marking on Thursday the 74nd anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.

Today in History for May 1st

President George W. Bush announces major combat has ended in Iraq; U2 spy plane shot down over Soviet Union; Empire State Building dedicated. (May 1)

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Victory parade rehearsal: Army tanks fill center of Moscow

Preparations for Russia’s World War II Victory Day celebrations took place on Moscow’s Red Square on Monday. The centre of Moscow was filled with a wide array of military vehicles which were driven around the square after an infantry marching rehearsal.

The Victory Parade will take place on May 9 to mark the 74th anniversary of the official capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union.

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Is Russia a better ‘gift’ to NATO’s 70th birthday than money?

#NATO turns 70 this year, and there is probably no better gift to that #birthday than the ‘#Russia scare’ which is vital for the alliance to justify its existence 30 years since its arch-nemesis, the Soviet Union, ceased to exist. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9rho

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Today in History for March 5th

Highlights of this day in history: The Boston Massacre; Winston Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ speech; The Soviet Union’s dictator Josef Stalin dies; Comedian John Belushi found dead; Country singer Patsy Cline killed in a plane crash. (March 5

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Building Avangard hypersonic glider was like launching world’s 1st artificial satellite

Vladimir Putin has likened development of Russia’s cutting-edge Avangard hypersonic glider to the 1957 launch of Sputnik-1, the world’s first artificial satellite built by the Soviet Union.

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Today in History for February 15th

Highlights of this day in history: The U.S. battleship Maine explodes in Havana harbor, bringing America closer to war with Spain; The Soviet Union’s last troops leave Afghanistan; Astronomer Galileo and suffragist Susan B. Anthony born. (Feb. 15)

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Unease over US exit in Afghan valley where Soviets were routed

Thirty years on, former mujahideen fighters recount the days of battling the Red Army in Afghanistan after the Soviet Union invaded the country in December 1979. The Soviets left the country for good on February 15, 1989 having suffered 15,000 losses — many in the unforgiving mountain passes of Panjshir.

Top Secret: 1 of 3 Soviet bunkers believed to have stored nuclear weapons

A tour of one of three Soviet bunkers which were presumably used to store nuclear arms, in the Polish village of Podborsko.

Polish archaeologists and scientist are certain that the facilities, which during Soviet times were officially reported as warehouses for communications troops, were in fact used to store nuclear weapons.

The top secret facilities were equipped with the most advanced security systems, including the protection from shockwaves.

The massive bunkers were built by the Soviet Union in the 1960s, in the midst of the Cold War.

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Today in History for January 18th

(18 Jan 2019) Highlights of Today in History: Soviet Union breaks WWII Leningrad siege; Robert F. Scott reaches South Pole; Boston Strangler suspect Albert de Salvo convicted. (Jan. 18)

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Lavrov meets Kono amid tensions over disputed Kuril islands

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono amid increasing tensions around the disputed Kuril islands. A decades-long row over the islands lingers as Moscow and Tokyo never signed a peace treaty after World War II due to the territorial dispute over the islands invaded by the Soviet Union in the final days of the war. IMAGES

GONZO: Deplatforming the Mensheviks (E2)

GONZO heads up the California coastline towards Silicon Valley, witnessing much of the economic activity along the way that makes up the fifth largest economy in the world. When it is 5 o’clock, Max and Stacy stop in for a rest at a winery in Paso Robles to ask about the issues around agriculture and whether or not Trump’s trade war has impacted business. Before crossing into San Francisco, they stop in at Monterey to talk to economist Constantin Gurdgiev, who explains that modern America is eerily similar to the Soviet Union where dissent is suppressed, opinions are de-platformed and not all voices are allowed to be heard. The disconnect between reality and rhetoric gets wider and wider as a result of refusing to hear alternative ideas. GONZO then heads to San Francisco for the next leg of their journey.

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Today in History for December 27

(27 Dec 2018) Highlights of this day in history: Soviet Union invades Afghanistan; Charles Darwin sets out on round-the-world voyage; Radio City Music Hall opens in New York; James Barrie’s play “Peter Pan: The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up” opens in London. (Dec. 27)

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Political appointee under Bush remembers the late president

“He had a great sense of humor, he had a great sense of purpose.” A political appointee in the administration of George H.W. Bush remembers the former president after his death. John Paty, once a White House staffer during the Reagan administration when Bush was vice president who later served in Bush’s Department of Labor, cites the late president’s accomplishments in the Gulf War and his diplomatic abilities during the fall of the Soviet Union.

World’s tallest dam unveiled in Tajikistan

When all six turbines turbines come online, the facility will generate a total of 3,600 megawatts of power.
“It is a unique hydroelectric station, not everyone is capable of constructing such a structure in the mountains,” Senior Engineer Sherali Imomaliev said.
The project itself can trace its roots back to the 1959, with ground being broken in 1976. However, following the collapse of the Soviet Union the project suffered numerous setbacks. With the assistance

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