Quote of the Day by Maxim Gorky: “Truth doesn’t always heal a wounded soul” — powerful lesson on why honesty can hurt and kindness matters in real life from the famous Russian writerToday's quote of the day by Maxim Gorky shares a simple life lesson. It explains that truth can sometimes hurt instead of helping. The stor...
Another wave of public outcry tests Putin's rule in wartime RussiaRussian influencers are publicly criticising President Putin's government and policies. This dissent stems from economic hardship and stric...
Quote of the day by Vladimir Lenin: ‘There are decades where nothing happens, and there are…’Vladimir Lenin, a pivotal Russian revolutionary, spearheaded the 1917 Bolshevik takeover, ending imperial rule. He championed a disciplined...
Sixty-six years after returning to Russia, mathematician is an exile once moreBrought up in France and the United States, Alexey Sossinsky moved to the land of his parents' birth in 1957 and carved out a distinguished...
Wagner boss Prigozhin's insurrection: 21st century Russia's Kornilov Affair?As his nation was fighting a major war, a Russian general came to the conclusion that the current political dispensation was incapable and ...
Bolsonaro's Brazil copies Trump's USFor those who have maintained that the 'far-left' and the 'far- right' are 'two coins of the same side' must admit now that at least in the...
Russia says repaid dollar debt in rubles amid default fears"Funds for the payment of coupons on external bonds of the Russian Federation maturing in 2027 and 2047 in the total amount of 12.51 billio...
Russia may be in default, Moody's saysIf Moscow is declared in default, it would mark Russia's first major default on foreign bonds since the years following the 1917 Bolshevik ...
Russia faces a raft of external debt paymentsPaying external holders last week means Russia swerved its first default, for now, since a 1998 financial crisis and its first on internati...
Has Russia avoided default and can it keep doing so?Russia has avoided its first default since a 1998 financial crisis and its first on international bonds since the 1917 revolution, when the...
Russia, Belarus squarely in 'default territory' on billions in debt: World BankThe specter of Russia defaulting on $40 billion of external bonds - its first major such default since the years following the 1917 Bolshev...
Russia hosts first royal wedding a century after Bolshevik revolution as Romanov heir ties the knot with Italian fiancéeGrand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov and Rebecca Virginia Bettarini took their vows at Saint Isaac's cathedral.
View: The 1917 Russian Revolution was a German plotWas Lenin a German agent, as critics claim? Surely not. But without German assistance, he would not have come to power.
CPI-M working over anti-BJP Left front in West BengalBut now, with the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and BJP's growth in the state, the CPI-M is seeking support of smaller parties.
Churchill wanted to gas Indian tribes during colonial rule: Giles Milton, British HistorianThe British historian made the remarks following his appearance at the Wigtown Book Festival to promote his new book 'Russian Roulette', th...
- Mamata Banerjee plans to rewrite history; may drop Marx, Engels from school texts
A state govt panel on school syllabus has suggested that Marxism's founders Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels be dropped from history textbook...
- Mamata Banerjee's new move, End of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels in West Bengal textbooks?
Marx and Engels- founders of Marxism-may be out of history syllabus in govt schools in WBengal following a recommendation by a state educat...