A new history of the Soviet dissident movement tries to make heroes of an underwhelming lot. Professor Benjamin Nathans thinks Soviet-era dissidents don’t get enough respect in modern Russia.

Pride of place inside the Toktogul power station is a large frieze showing Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin and his quote: "Communism is Soviet power and the electrification of the whole country".

This was the first time a President of the USA had been in the Soviet Union since 1945. Nixon met Brezhnev, leader of the USSR. In the 1970s, the Soviet economy was in trouble and had to look to ...

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will cut their power links to Russia on Saturday - Copyright AFP Gints Ivuskans Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will cut their power links ...

TOKTOGUL, Kyrgyzstan - Central Asian countries are setting rivalries aside to build a giant hydroelectric plant originally planned in Soviet times, a bid to strengthen energy and food security and ...

Baltic states Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are to disconnect from the Russian power grid on Saturday, a politically-charged move that severs their Soviet-era energy ties with Moscow. - 'In sync ...