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Estonia commemorates 14th anniversary since Soviet forced deportations to Siberia
Every year, Estonia commemorates the anniversary of the June 1941 deportation with a national day of mourning. Seventy-eight years ago, Soviet security authorities deported 95,000 people from the Baltic states,…
27 MEPs ask Amazon to stop selling Soviet-themed memorabilia
Members of the European Parliament have called on the Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, to stop selling Soviet-themed merchandise on the global online…
On this day in 1963, the U.S.-Soviet “hot line” goes into operation
Two months after signing an agreement to establish a 24-hour-a-day “hot line” between Moscow and Washington, the system goes into effect. The…
John Paul II – A Geopolitical Actor
Today marked the 13th anniversary since Saint John Paul II died. He will be remembered as a formidable geopolitical actor who used…