When she heard the news of Nazi Germany surrendering 80 years ago, Valentina Efremova couldn’t believe the devastating war ...

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Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939 and of the Soviet Union in 1941 set off mass migrations ... others paint a different picture of solidarity and acceptance. The Polish Armed Forces of the ...

The Komsomol was a youth division (ages 14 to 28) of the Communist Party during the Soviet Union. The Higher Komsomol School trained future leaders, teachers, and party workers, offering degrees in ...

The incident, believed to have occurred in 1989 or 1990, was first detailed in a 250-page KGB file reportedly obtained by the CIA after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 ... what it calls “a ...

He added: “The President was not in the picture at all” in the matter ... But he added that in the “ultimate analysis,” it wasn’t necessary to issue notice to the Union “as such.” “Once the court ...

THERE’S a new petition on Parliament’s website calling on the Government to consider the potential economic benefits of a customs union deal with the European Union. Its publication now looks ...

The European Union member states have agreed on import tariffs for a list of American products, the European Commission has reported. This is in response to the 25 percent import tax on steel and ...

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