Former Soviet Union

Putin embraces the dark corners of Russia’s history – opinion

The topic of Ukraine’s western borders is of particular interest to Russia’s president, but his so-called Marxism-Leninism argument reveals his flawed logic

Russia's President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony to present Gold Star medals to service members, who were involved in the country's military campaign in Ukraine and awarded the title of Hero of Russia, in Moscow, Russia, December 17, 2025.
 El Al Flight 402 - The Lockheed Constellation registered as 4X-AKC, pictured here in 1950.

On this day: Communist Bulgaria downs El Al flight 402, killing all 58 people onboard

Kim Philby, 1955

'Stalin’s Apostles': The Cambridge Five and the lost world of Jewish Communism - review

An anti-Israel protest in New York City. Ilustrative.

Israel needs a counter-subversion strategy - opinion


Russian plane has 'flown it's last': Ukraine downs surveillance craft - commander

The A-50 first came into use during the soviet era.

 A Russian A-50 aircraft.

Protest in Georgian capital amid anger over 'desecration' of Stalin icon

A side panel of the icon includes a depiction of the Georgian-born Stalin - an avowed atheist who violently repressed religion across the Soviet Union - being blessed by St Matrona of Moscow.

A view shows an icon, an element of which depicts Soviet leader Joseph Stalin being blessed by Russian Orthodox saint Matrona of Moscow, and that was recently defaced with paint in an act of protest amid controversy over the icon’s apparent honouring of Stalin in Tbilisi, Georgia, January 10, 2024.

Wars in Israel, Ukraine take center stage in Israel for Jews rooted in former USSR

Since its creation in 2005, Limmud FSU has held nearly 90 festivals worldwide, drawing over 80,000 participants.

 Israeli military reservists were among the 150 people with roots in the former Soviet Union who gathered on Dec. 21, 2023, for an evening of lectures, music and solidarity with Israel.

Soviet Jewry's unsung heroes - opinion

Rabbi Jonathan Porath is well-known within his activist and conservative circles. For most of us, however, he is an unsung hero of the movement to liberate Soviet Jewry.

 JEWS IMMIGRATING from the former Soviet Union, 1990.

What historical events occurred due to hijacking of Soviet Plane in 1970?

As history has shown, the position of informal organizations actually met the interests of the whole world.

 Aeroflot's An-2, the same plane Dymshits-Kuznetsov group tried to hijack

Yom Kippur War: The Middle East Armageddon's uncounted victims - comment

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The 50-year-old Yom Kippur War’s list of casualties should include the lira, the kibbutz, and the Soviet Union.

 THE TEL SAKI memorial site near Moshav Ramat Magshimim on the Golan Heights commemorates IDF soldiers who fell during the fighting there in the Yom Kippur War of 1973.

US revives Cold War submarine spy program to counter China

The revival of the multibillion-dollar effort, known as the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS), comes as China has ramped up military exercises around Taiwan.

Royal Navy ambush submarine seen near Scotland

Russia's Medvedev hints at future Russian invasion of Georgia

"The idea of joining Russia is still popular in Abkhazia and South Ossetia," Medvedev, a former Russian president, wrote in an article.

 Russia's Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a presentation of the BMPT-72 tank, dubbed the "Terminator-2"

Ukraine gets rid of Soviet symbols on Motherland monument in Kyiv

The move has its roots in a movement to “decommunize” - or shed memories of the former Soviet Union - which Ukraine has stepped up since Russia's all-out invasion last year.

Workers mount a Ukrainian national emblem to the shield of the 'Motherland' monument replacing the Soviet one, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a compound of the World War II museum in Kyiv, Ukraine August 6, 2023.

Israel must immediately bring more olim from the former Soviet Union - opinion

The system of making Aliyah must be immediately changed, adapted, and streamlined, as it was in the 1980s.

 UKRAINIAN IMMIGRANTS arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport last year.