IN THE NEWS - 20 Years After the Soviet Union, Renewed Calls for Political Reform This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. December marks twenty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Mikhail Gorbachev was the last Soviet leader. His reform

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 03 October 2007 October 4th marks 50 years since the former Soviet Union hurled humanity's first object into Earth orbit. It was a small round device known as Sputnik -- Russian for satellite -- with four antennas and a trans

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Books and Arts; Book Review;The end of the Soviet Union; Walking dead; 文艺;书评;前苏联的末途;行尸走肉; The Last Man in Russia: The Struggle to Save a Dying Nation.By Oliver Bullough. 《俄罗斯最后一人:拯救行将灭亡之

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 04 June 2008 Russia's relations with independent countries that once formed the Soviet Union have often been contentious, and Moscow's efforts to exert influence in the region have also led to tensions with the West, particu

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By Bill Gasperini United Nations health officials say Russia and other nations of the former Soviet bloc are confronting the world's fastest-growing epidemic of HIV/AIDS. One decade ago, the countries

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Gorbachev's Domestic Reforms Led to End of Soviet Union December marks the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was the internal reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, that contributed to the demise of the Soviet Un

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