Vladimir Lenin
The Russian leader became visibly angry and lashed out at the West for “cheating” Moscow before arguing Ukraine really belongs to Vladimir Lenin.
Soviet ideology, which has been making a comeback for years under Vladimir Putin, is now being touted as the answer to a pandemic.
A recent spate of arrests shows elite FSB units and senior officers shaking down businesses for huge bribes and even robbing banks.
From poison-tipped umbrellas to hidden bugs and a special thermometer to check a victim was dead, the KGB was ruthless in pursuing its targets, as a new exhibit in NYC reveals.
Russia’s president has put forth amazing and utterly implausible plans to grow its economy while ignoring civil and human rights. Some Russians feel like they’re back in the USSR.
In ‘Travesties,’ the question of what art is becomes a bracing comedic rollercoaster involving Lenin and James Joyce, while a fight for college places unfolds in ‘Transfers.’
While Putin and the Kremlin aren’t sure what to do with the centennial of the October Revolution, most Russians are focusing on the deaths of the czar, his family, and Rasputin.