Joseph Stalin

When Stalin’s 'little sparrow' strained our Soviet ties...

By defecting in Delhi, while on an India visit following her husband's death, Stalin's daughter caused ruptures in Indo-Soviet relations.

In Russia, they tore down lots of statues, but little changed in terms of what those monuments stood for

As the US boils with anger over police brutality and racism, the experience of Russia since the collapse of communism offers a cautionary lesson in the perils and disappointments of toppling monuments

India has little choice but to ally with democratic nations as China openly demonstrates imperialistic designs under world's watch

While America repositions itself, the ASEAN bloc is coming to the realisation that each of its 10 members may not be individually able to confront China’s aggrandising ambitions in the South China Sea.

'Stalin jokes': How humour helped relieve tension, cope with harsh realities in a repressive regime

We laugh in the darkest times, not because humour can change our circumstances, but because it can always change how we feel about them. Jokes never mean only one thing, and the hidden story of political humour under Stalin is far more nuanced than a simple struggle between repression and resistance.

Students learning only about Stalin and Lenin, new NCERT syllabus to teach Gandhi and Bose, says Biplab Kumar Deb

Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb said that the new syllabus would soon be introduced.

Joseph Stalin was instrumental in 'murdering' Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose: Subramanian Swamy

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Saturday said that former president of Russia, Joseph Stalin, was instrumental in "murdering" Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

Russia presidential election: After record win, Vladimir Putin says Moscow will address disputes with the West

Vladimir Putin on Monday said he would address disputes with the West after an election that saw him return to the Kremlin with a record vote share, as Moscow faces increasing isolation

Historian Anatoly Razumov's efforts to educate Russians on Joseph Stalin's purges meet with govt indifference

He has shone a light on the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of Joseph Stalin's victims, but Russian historian Anatoly Razumov says his work is greeted with "indifference" in a country that still struggles to acknowledge the enormity of the bloody purges.

Donald Trump unveils much-awaited 'Fake News Awards'; CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post lead the list

At loggerheads with much of the US news media since his election, Donald Trump finally doled out his "Fake News Awards" after weeks of speculation

Russian president Vladimir Putin files nomination for 2018 re-election bid as Alexei Navalny calls for poll boycott

Russian president Vladimir Putin filed documents with electoral officials to run for re-election next year, a day after hundreds of politicians, celebrities and sports figures backed his bid.