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How Mithun Took Over Russia In The 80s With Disco Dancer
The Disco Dancer song Jimmy Jimmy Aaja Aaja became a massive phenomenon in the Soviet Union
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Boris Yeltsin: When A Russian President Visited India For The First Time
India and the Soviet Union shared friendly and cooperative relations during the Cold War, but the collapse of the USSR in 1991 and the emergence of a unipolar world left India in the lurch.
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Inside Putin's Germany Years: How A Spy Agency Posting Influenced Him
Years before Vladimir Putin became the president of Russia, one of the most powerful leaders in the world, he was a mid-ranking officer in the KGB, the Soviet Union's notorious security and intelligence agency.
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Putin's India Visit: Arms, Oil And A Changing Partnership
For decades, India was overwhelmingly reliant on Moscow for its military inventory-a legacy of Cold War alignment and the Soviet Union's readiness to transfer technologies that Western countries were hesitant to share. That dominance has weakened.
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AI Helps Identify Nazi Killer From Haunting Holocaust Image
The Nazi soldier who aimed a pistol at a kneeling man in a suit, surrounded by troops and a pit of bodies, has been identified as Jakobus Onnen.
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"Shredded Decades Of Efforts": Ex-Trump Advisor's Dig On Tariff Policy
Ex-US NSA John Bolton has sharply criticised President Trump's tariff policy, asserting that it has "shredded" decades of Western efforts to align India away from its Cold War ties with the Soviet Union and address the growing threat from China.
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PepsiCo, The Beverage Company, Was Once A Naval Superpower With Warships
In one of the strangest business deals in history, PepsiCo briefly became the owner of a small Russian Naval Fleet. Over three decades ago, the company acquired 17 submarines, a cruiser, and several warships.
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"Think Hanuman Ji Was 1st Space Traveller": BJP MP Anurag Thakur To Students
It is a fact universally acknowledged that the first person to travel to space was Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961. However, former Union Minister Anurag Thakur appears to suggest to a group of young students that it was Lord Hanuman.
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The Not-So-Subtle Message That Top Putin Aide Carried To Trump Meet
The sartorial choice of Sergei Lavrov, Russia's top diplomat, during US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin's Alaska meeting on Friday drew the attention of many across the globe.
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The Cold War Link To Alaska Base Set To Host Trump, Putin Tomorrow
In an ironic twist, President Donald Trump is set to discuss the war in Ukraine with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at a military base in Alaska that was crucial to countering the Soviet Union during the height of Cold War and still plays a role today
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NASA Wants Nuclear Reactor On Moon By 2030. Here's Why That Matters
Nuclear power in space isn't a new idea. Since the 1960s, the US and the Soviet Union have relied on radioisotope generators that use small amounts of radioactive elements to power satellites.
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"To Protect Moral, Ethical Values": Kyrgyzstan Bans Online Porn
Japarov's office said the ban on pornography is to "protect moral and ethical values" in mostly Muslim Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous Central Asian country of 7 million people which gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
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BJP Leader Alleges Congress MPs Received 'Russian Funding', Cites CIA Release
Nishikant Dubey alleged that under the leadership of late Congress leader HKL Bhagat, more than 150 Congress MPs were "funded" by the Soviet Union, who acted as "agents" of Russia.
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Lone Soviet Satellite Plunging Towards Earth May Crash Like A Meteorite
There is a small chance the space probe might survive the reentry when most space objects disintegrate upon entering the Earth's atmosphere.
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Putin Heaps Praise On Musk, Compares Him To Soviet Union Space Hero
The Russian president was speaking to university students about the country's space policy when he praised Elon Musk.
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How Mithun Took Over Russia In The 80s With Disco Dancer
The Disco Dancer song Jimmy Jimmy Aaja Aaja became a massive phenomenon in the Soviet Union
-
Boris Yeltsin: When A Russian President Visited India For The First Time
India and the Soviet Union shared friendly and cooperative relations during the Cold War, but the collapse of the USSR in 1991 and the emergence of a unipolar world left India in the lurch.
-
Inside Putin's Germany Years: How A Spy Agency Posting Influenced Him
Years before Vladimir Putin became the president of Russia, one of the most powerful leaders in the world, he was a mid-ranking officer in the KGB, the Soviet Union's notorious security and intelligence agency.
-
Putin's India Visit: Arms, Oil And A Changing Partnership
For decades, India was overwhelmingly reliant on Moscow for its military inventory-a legacy of Cold War alignment and the Soviet Union's readiness to transfer technologies that Western countries were hesitant to share. That dominance has weakened.
-
AI Helps Identify Nazi Killer From Haunting Holocaust Image
The Nazi soldier who aimed a pistol at a kneeling man in a suit, surrounded by troops and a pit of bodies, has been identified as Jakobus Onnen.
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"Shredded Decades Of Efforts": Ex-Trump Advisor's Dig On Tariff Policy
Ex-US NSA John Bolton has sharply criticised President Trump's tariff policy, asserting that it has "shredded" decades of Western efforts to align India away from its Cold War ties with the Soviet Union and address the growing threat from China.
-
PepsiCo, The Beverage Company, Was Once A Naval Superpower With Warships
In one of the strangest business deals in history, PepsiCo briefly became the owner of a small Russian Naval Fleet. Over three decades ago, the company acquired 17 submarines, a cruiser, and several warships.
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"Think Hanuman Ji Was 1st Space Traveller": BJP MP Anurag Thakur To Students
It is a fact universally acknowledged that the first person to travel to space was Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961. However, former Union Minister Anurag Thakur appears to suggest to a group of young students that it was Lord Hanuman.
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The Not-So-Subtle Message That Top Putin Aide Carried To Trump Meet
The sartorial choice of Sergei Lavrov, Russia's top diplomat, during US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin's Alaska meeting on Friday drew the attention of many across the globe.
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The Cold War Link To Alaska Base Set To Host Trump, Putin Tomorrow
In an ironic twist, President Donald Trump is set to discuss the war in Ukraine with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at a military base in Alaska that was crucial to countering the Soviet Union during the height of Cold War and still plays a role today
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NASA Wants Nuclear Reactor On Moon By 2030. Here's Why That Matters
Nuclear power in space isn't a new idea. Since the 1960s, the US and the Soviet Union have relied on radioisotope generators that use small amounts of radioactive elements to power satellites.
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"To Protect Moral, Ethical Values": Kyrgyzstan Bans Online Porn
Japarov's office said the ban on pornography is to "protect moral and ethical values" in mostly Muslim Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous Central Asian country of 7 million people which gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
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BJP Leader Alleges Congress MPs Received 'Russian Funding', Cites CIA Release
Nishikant Dubey alleged that under the leadership of late Congress leader HKL Bhagat, more than 150 Congress MPs were "funded" by the Soviet Union, who acted as "agents" of Russia.
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Lone Soviet Satellite Plunging Towards Earth May Crash Like A Meteorite
There is a small chance the space probe might survive the reentry when most space objects disintegrate upon entering the Earth's atmosphere.
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Putin Heaps Praise On Musk, Compares Him To Soviet Union Space Hero
The Russian president was speaking to university students about the country's space policy when he praised Elon Musk.
