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Russia charges Ukrainian war veteran mistakenly honoured by Canada with genocide

Moscow seized on the incident, for which Canada apologised, as further justification for a full-scale invasion that Russian President Vladimir Putin said was needed to "demilitarise and denazify" Ukraine and thwart the aggression of its Western allies.

Global Watch | Eclipsing the dragon: Growing shadows of intense power struggle in China

The carefully built narrative that projected China as an ascending superpower under Xi Jinping’s leadership is all set to be the first major casualty of power struggle within the CCP

Soviet Union should not have sent tanks into Hungary, Czechoslovakia: Vladimir Putin

Soviet tanks and troops destroyed the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. In the conflict, at least 2,600 Hungarians and 600 Soviet soldiers perished

A hero or a pariah?: How Russia & the West remain divided over Gorbachev's legacy

While Germany has announced that official flags in capital Berlin will be lowered at half-mast in honour of Gorbachev, Putin has decided to skip the last Soviet leader's funeral in Moscow due to 'scheduling issues'

Germany lifts ban on hoisting Ukrainian flags near Soviet memorial

According to the court's own words, the administrative court "has confirmed our legal position that the ban of the Ukrainian flag is obviously unlawful," said Patrick Heinemann, the group's attorney

France: Chinese envoy questions sovereignty of post-Soviet nations

Speaking on a TV show, Lu Shaye suggested countries that emerged after the fall of the Soviet Union "don't have effective status under international law because there is not an international agreement confirming their status as sovereign nations"

Good Friday Agreement: How the US became a major peacemaker in Northern Ireland's deal

The 1998 Good Friday Accord was made possible thanks in large part to former US president Bill Clinton and senator George Mitchell's efforts to keep the involved parties at the table. Irish America and the US government believe they contributed to the peace deal, and wish to preserve this success

The ‘Perfect’ Game: How Tetris, created during the Cold War, took over the globe

One of the most successful games of all time, Tetris was developed by Alexey Pajitnov, a software engineer at Moscow’s Soviet Academy of Sciences. Now, a new movie traces its Cold War-era origins

Turkmenistan: New city honouring former president to cost $5 billion

The country's GDP is around $45 billion, according to the World Bank. Rights groups have accused Turkmenistan of spending money from its gas profits on lavish projects which do not benefit the population

Explained: What Russia’s nuclear weapons in Belarus means for the war

Vladimir Putin has announced that Moscow would be stationing tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus by 1 July. Is the Russian president’s move an escalation of the ongoing Ukrainian war or an attempt to intimidate the West?