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Ghost of Soviet Union still haunts Washington – Moscow

The US’ support for Ukraine is motivated by a Cold War-era desire to weaken Russia and make Europe its subordinate, Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov told Newsweek on Saturday. However, he foresees a new “multipolar world” emerging. Speaking to the American magazine a week after the Pentagon announced a …

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Amazon workers form first US union

Employees of Amazon’s largest New York City warehouse have voted to unionize, overcoming the trillion-dollar company’s ferocious opposition, to become its first American workers to successfully organize. The vote came in on Friday, with 2,654 votes for and 2,131 against union membership, and while it remains to be officially certified …

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Lukashenko predicts when Ukraine could join Union State with Russia

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko provided his take on the current and future impact of the Ukrainian standoff, in an interview with YouTube channel ‘Soloviev Live’ partly aired by Russian media on Sunday. The ongoing crisis is being stoked from across the Atlantic, Lukashenko said, accusing Washington of actively pushing Kiev …

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US believes Putin wants to restore Soviet Union – Blinken

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that Russia is eyeing restoration of the Soviet Union, which is, in his opinion, “unacceptable” and should be addressed. He offered no evidence to support his assertion. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that Russia is eyeing restoration of the …

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Did White House want to preserve the Soviet Union?

On December 25, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as leader of the Soviet Union in a televised address, declaring the state itself to be dissolved, his office extinct, and all its powers conferred to Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Within minutes of his tectonic oratory’s conclusion, the Soviet hammer and sickle was …

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The plot to kill off the Soviet Union

On December 7, 1991, three decades ago this week, the heads of Soviet republics of Russia, Ukraine, and Belorussia (nowadays Belarus) – Boris Yeltsin, Leonid Kravchuk, and Stanislav Shushkevich – met at a hunting resort in the Belorussian forest of Belavezha. There they signed an accord, effectively dissolving the USSR. …

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‘Soviet Union’ could invade Ukraine, Pentagon chief claims

Speaking on Thursday during a visit to South Korea, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin demanded Moscow pull back its military from its Ukrainian frontier or face the hardest round of sanctions ever imposed. When asked about which form the embargoes will take, he said that the “best methods” will be …

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