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The heartbreaking story of Laika, the Russian space dog who circled Earth 2,570 timesIn 1957, Laika, a Moscow stray, became the first dog in orbit aboard Sputnik 2. Her mission aimed to study spaceflight effects on living be...16 Jan, 2026, 07.19 PM IST- Ukraine's independence-era voices say Russia's effort to keep control has lasted decadesAs Ukraine marks 34 years of independence, key figures reflect on missed opportunities after the Soviet Union's collapse. Despite initial h...24 Aug, 2025, 11.13 AM IST
- Vladimir Putin in Mongolia under cloud of war crimes accusationsRussian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Mongolia has drawn criticism after he was welcomed despite an ICC warrant for his arrest. The I...03 Sep, 2024, 07.34 AM IST
- Who is Dobry (Good) Maharaja and why there are monuments of this Indian Maharaja in Poland?Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paid homage at the 'Good Maharaja Square' in Warsaw, Poland, commemorating Maharaja Digvijaysinhji. During...22 Aug, 2024, 04.21 PM IST
- PM Modi pays tribute at 'Tomb of the Unknown Soldier' in RussiaThe 'Tomb of the Unknown Soldier' is a war memorial located at the Kremlin Wall, in Moscow. It features a dark red porphyry monument adorne...09 Jul, 2024, 03.56 PM IST
- Russia puts Ukraine's Zelenskiy on wanted listRussia opens criminal case against Ukrainian President Zelenskiy, puts him on wanted list. Zelenskiy on wanted list. Putin faces ICC war cr...04 May, 2024, 09.45 PM IST
- US envoy visits Navalny shrine amid heavy police curbsRights groups say police have detained over 400 people at gatherings for the politician, a leading critic of President Vladimir Putin who d...18 Feb, 2024, 06.08 PM IST
- India backs Russia’s UN resolution on combating Nazism & neo-NazismThe resolution is expected to be put to the General Assembly for voting in December. The resolution was co-authored by Azerbaijan, Belarus,...06 Nov, 2022, 07.47 PM IST
- Why Mikhail Gorbachev's legacy still threatens Vladimir Putin?During his presidency, Vladimir Putin has systematically destroyed these historic achievements. On their ruins, his regime is mobilising mi...03 Sep, 2022, 11.15 AM IST
- War protest: Statues fall as Europe purges Soviet monumentsRussia's war on Ukraine has given a renewed push to topple the last remaining Soviet monuments in nations that regained their sovereignty f...31 Aug, 2022, 04.14 PM IST
- North Korea's Kim Jong Un heads to Russia to revive old friendshipThe ties between Pyongyang and Moscow, once its most important ally, go back decades.22 Apr, 2019, 12.01 PM IST
- PM Narendra Modi visits Soviet World War II memorialThe prime minister stood for a few minutes before the flame which illuminates a bronze inscription that reads "Your name is unknown, your d...24 Dec, 2015, 03.35 PM IST
- Lithuania to mark Gandhi Jayanti with new monumentLituania will mark Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary with the inaugration of a monument dedicated to the leader and his Lithuania-born clo...30 Sep, 2015, 02.02 PM IST
- Communist summit in the time of decimationAfter the drubbing in the last Lok Sabha elections, CPM and CPI, the front-line communist parties in India, are in the throes of a monument...19 Nov, 2009, 04.50 AM IST
- NATO launches cyber defence centre in EstoniaNATO launched Wednesday a new cyber-defence training centre in Tallinn to defend against attacks over the Internet, a year after Estonia fe...15 May, 2008, 05.48 AM IST
- Ukraine pays homage to Chernobyl catastrophe victimsUkraine on Saturday paid homage to victims of the Chernobyl nuclear explosion, described by Kiev as a global "catastrophe", 22 years after ...26 Apr, 2008, 05.13 PM IST
- Russia's space city is frozen in time, but launching rocketsNowadays Baikonur embraces the world, from wealthy space tourists to the world’s first Malaysian cosmonaut, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, who bl...22 Oct, 2007, 01.53 AM IST
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