Soviet

Soviet spacecraft crash lands on earth after a journey of half a century

A Soviet-era spacecraft called Cosmos 482, which was launched in 1972 to land on Venus,… Read More

‘Punch to the face’: Czechs mark half-century since Soviet invasion

Fifty years ago Soviet tanks rolled into Prague to crush the Czechoslovak Communist government’s democratic… Read More

Russian film set in Soviet era highlights continuing tensions: director

BERLIN: Russia always seems to be on the brink of war and conditions there now… Read More

One of first Soviet cosmonauts Gorbatko dies

MOSCOW: Soviet cosmonaut Viktor Gorbatko, a colleague of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space,… Read More