Soviet Union
Baltics Fight Back, Romanians Keep Silence
December 08, 2011By Diana Ungureanu/ Chisinau / Moldova.ORG/ -- On November 17, 2011, Russia made a statement, according to which, the Baltic countries would be voluntarily joined to Soviet Union and the military actions it initiated would be defensive, not of employment...
US celebrates life of president Reagan on his 100th birthday
February 08, 2011The United States is marking the 100th birthday of the late President Ronald Reagan, who served two terms in the White House during the 1980's. Reagan was 93 when he died in June of 2004 after a 10-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. The highlight...
Russia’s 2008 attack in historical perspective
January 26, 2011Ninety-one years ago this week, the British cabinet rejected a comprehensive plan to rally an anti-Bolshevik coalition, support White Russian forces, control the Baku-Batumi corridor and the Caspian Sea and, from that position of strength, negotiate...
US presence in Afghanistan as long as Soviet Union's
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November 26, 2010The United States has now been fighting in Afghanistan as long as the Soviet Union did before it withdrew in 1989. Friday marks nine years and 50 days that U.S. forces have been fighting in Afghanistan. The U.S. says it will continue its presence in...
Geopolitical Journey, Part 4: Moldova
November 19, 2010By George Friedman Moldova is a country in need of explanation, two explanations in fact. First, there is the question of what kind of country Moldova is. Second, there is the question of why anyone should care. Oddly, I went to Moldova thinking I...
November 17, 2010By Andrei Munteanu Chisinau (Moldova.ORG) – Meeting with Mr. George Friedman, Chief Executive Officer and founder of STRATFOR Global Intelligence was anticipated by emotions I used to experience many years ago, in the Nobel Prize Awarding...
Gorbachev: Victory in Afghanistan impossible
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October 29, 2010Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, whose tenure was marked by military failure in Afghanistan, says a NATO victory in Afghanistan is impossible. Mr. Gorbachev pulled Soviet troops out of Afghanistan after a 10-year long war that ended in...
Helsinki final act’s commitment to stability of borders helped destroy Soviet bloc
August 04, 2010By Paul Goble Yesterday marked the 35th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act, an agreement that many analysts have suggested represented “a fatal triumph” for Moscow because its requirement for respecting human rights...
Karaganov calls on Russians to repent for ‘Russian Katyn’ – the victims of Stalin
July 28, 2010by Paul Goble Russians have manifested “nobility and sympathy” to Poland over the Katyn massacres, but “so far, they have not found in themselves the strength to recognize that all Russia is one large Katyn” filled with &ldquo...
Gorbachev warns of explosive problems with Medvedev’s “modernization”
July 27, 2010by Pavel K. Baev Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, concentrated on the European direction of his modernization-focused foreign policy last week, making working visits to Finland and Italy. Both countries are Russia’s close partners and the trips...