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While hundreds of Jews are leaving Kyiv amid Russian attacks, many more, led by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, who is of Jewish origin, are staying on to defend the country.

The US and the UK also did plenty of nefarious things during this period, 88-year-old Milton Leitenberg tells Andrew Buncombe

At the very start of the Cold War, a former student of Edinburgh University was exposed for having passed on highly confidential state secrets that would play a pivotal role in enabling the Soviet Union to develop nuclear weapons.

The prophet and inspiration for the Soviet Union, which Vladimir Putin apparently aspires to rebuild on bigger and better lines, was Karl Marx. But a better understanding of Putin’s motivations for a greater Russia, and the lesser Ukraine, might be derived from the collected works of Sigmund Freud.

Close ties between two leaders unlikely to differ much in short term, even if China distances itself from Ukraine war.

Ukrainian and Russian negotiators are reportedly getting closer to a deal that would end the Russian invasion. The deal, if and when it arrives, likely will resemble the Moscow Treaty of 1940, which crowned the Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland. Ukraine will sign up to a version…

Three weeks have passed since since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his violent, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. While his stated objectives hinted at the elimination of Ukraine’s defence — demilitarization — and the removal of its political class — denazification — the rationale behind the invasion is harder to decode.

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Members of diaspora communities often mobilize to provide support to their ancestral homeland during a crisis. While the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a crisis for Ukrainians, it’s also a crisis for Russia, and thousands have been detained for protesting the war.