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Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Delhi Declaration

November 25, 2011 Nivedita Das Kundu, specially for RIR
The Delhi Declaration on the Principles of a Nuclear Weapon Free and Non-Violent World signed by Rajiv Gandhi and Gorbachev on November 27, 1986 was a landmark global document.

Space détente

October 20, 2011
In the 1970s, the best way to show a thaw in relations between the world’s superpowers was a meeting in space.

Bloody three-year deadlock remembered

September 10, 2011 RIR
On Thursday Russia marks 70 years since the beginning of one of the longest and deadliest sieges in the history of warfare.

Russian animation icon faces uncertain future

July 14, 2011 Lucia Bellinelli
Russia’s iconic cartoon production studio celebrates its 75th birthday amid a drastic financial crisis.

St. Basil’s: no need to invent mysteries

July 12, 2011 Natalya Popova, RIA Novosti
St. Basil's (Intercession) Cathedral (Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed) is an architectural symbol of Moscow and Russia. The church, now a museum, is celebrating its 450th anniversary on July 12.

The Night Witches who ruled the skies

June 22, 2011 Nora FitzGerald
Historians are still uncovering stories from World War II, including that of the Soviet Union's young female fighter pilots.

The day the war began

June 22, 2011 Dmitry Zaika
Schoolgirls buying candy, young men suddenly facing draft notices - June 22, 1941 changed the lives of everyone in the Soviet Union.

Revisiting Soviet misadventure: Lessons for the future

June 13, 2011 RIR
As the Afghan endgame begins with the phased withdrawal of Western forces in July, a new book revisits the Soviet misadventure in Afghanistan which may have lessons for the future of the country as well.

Saga of India-Russia diplomatic ties

April 21, 2011 Prof. Arun Mohanty, Jawaharlal Nehru University
How India set up its first embassy in Moscow...

Closing in on the FSB

January 12, 2011 Alexander von Hahn
The New Nobility, by Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, may not contain any earth-shattering information, but provides a comprehensive overview of one of Russia's most dominant institutions.

What does the collapse of the Soviet Union really mean?

December 15, 2010 Eugene Ivanov
"We should accept that today's Russia is not a Soviet Union and will never be one"

The Game of an Era

November 2, 2010 Valentin Maltsev, www.chaskor.ru
The world’s best known computer game first appeared on June 6, 1984. It was designed by a Russian programmer.

The Empire that was Russia (audio slideshow)

October 20, 2010 Nora Fitzgerald
The photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky preserved for us a dramatic moment in time - the Russian Empire on the eve of World War I and the coming Russian Revolution

Stalin’s methods revived

September 24, 2010 by Dmitry Babich, Russia Profile
Suppressing Discussion of Barsenkov and Vdovin’s Provocative “Ethnically-Colored” Textbook May Not Be the Answer to Educating Future Generations

War II allies at V-Day parade

May 31, 2010 Svetlana Kononova, rusiaprofile.org
Russia celebrated the 65th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany (May 9) with the biggest display of military might since the end of the Cold War two decades ago at the historic Red Square in Moscow

The curse of mobilization

May 17, 2010 Alexei Pankin, Expert magazine
Interview: A renowned military expert, economist and historian on the peculiarities of the war economy

Remembering the Great Victory

May 6, 2010 RIR
This May marks the 65th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany. The memory of the war, referred to as the Great Patriotic War, is particularly venerated in Russia

Russia's first Indian mission: The untold story

March 31, 2010 Irina Glushkova
History: One hundred years of the Consulate General in Kolkata

Questioning a bloody war

February 24, 2010 Alexander Mekhanik, Expert magazine
Sixty-five years on, was World War II motivated by ideology or just self-preservation?

The trap snapped shut 30 years ago

December 25, 2009 Vladimir Snegiryov, special For Russia Now
Afghanistan: What was it that made the Soviets decide that they should intervene?
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