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I Fled the USSR, That’s Why I Support Taxing Billionaires

Google co-founder Sergey Brin is spending $57 million to defeat a proposed billionaire tax in California. “I fled socialism ...
DrewBinsky on MSN

This country feels like the Soviet Union never ended

Belarus is often called “Europe’s last dictatorship” — a country where Soviet symbols still dominate the streets, Lenin statues tower over empty squares, and life feels frozen in another era. During ...
Irish Sun

Which countries were in the Soviet Union?

THE USSR was one of the largest political, military, and economic powers in the world during the 20th century. The Soviet Union was formed of 15 member countries, all ruled by one central communist ...
Decoding the Unknown on MSN

The Soviet Union locked a cosmonaut in pure oxygen… then he burned alive

During the height of the Soviet space race, a young cosmonaut named Valentin Bondarenko entered an oxygen-rich isolation ...
Jewish Exponent

‘The Wanderers’ Tells the Story of Poland’s Holocaust Survivors Who Fled to the Soviet Union

Daniela Gerson was surprised to learn that most survivors, like her grandparents, survived in the mountains of Siberia.
AOL

15 Countries That Were Once Part of the Soviet Union

The Soviet Union stretched across Asia and Europe and ruled more than 15 republics. Unfortunately, the era of centralized control came crashing down in 1991. This resulted in redrawn borders and ...

Sergey Brin, Who Fled The Soviet Union, Now Warns California Could Head The Same Way As He Spends $57 Million Fighting Billionaire Tax

Alphabet Inc. board member and Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who is also a former resident of California, has warned that the state risks becoming a socialist system like the Soviet Union, as he ...
CBS News

Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union, dies at 91

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died at age 91, Russian state media reported and his personal press secretary Vladimir Polyakov confirmed to CBS News. His cause of death ...
India Today on MSN

The night CIA stole a Soviet spacecraft that landed Nasa on the Moon

The CIA secretly intercepted a Soviet Luna spacecraft in transit and examined it overnight. The agency said the operation ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

The Soviet Union came to an end 30 years ago

The Soviet Union ceased to exist as a nation 30 years ago today. On December 25, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned his post as president of the Soviet Union. The Soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered ...
BBC

The Soviet Union's Last Stand

The events of August 1991 led to the Soviet Union, and President Gorbachev, being consigned to the history books. Malcolm Brinkworth explains what really happened during those final days. Just over ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Thirty Years Gone, the Soviet Union Is Not Quite Dead

Leonid Bershidsky, formerly Bloomberg Opinion’s Europe columnist, is a member of the Bloomberg News Automation Team. He recently published Russian translations of George Orwell’s “1984” and Franz ...