Mikhail Gorbachev has warned of a new era of Cold War, saying an arms race is already underway between Russia and Europe. The former Russian leader, whose resignation marked the end of the Soviet Union, said ‘increasingly militant’ politicians are putting relations into a deep freeze. If both sides
How America uses uranium from Russian Cold War nuclear warheads to heat millions of homes. In the last two decades 10 per cent of US electricity was fueled by the decommissioned Russian warheads
Historical profile of Igor Gouzenko who basically launched the Cold War by revealing that the USSR was actively spying on the Western World in particular in nuclear
When the Berlin Wall came down, it signalled the end of the Cold War. Or so we thought but the spooks and the moles are back, …
Jeremy Corbyn has defended his position on Russia saying we should not resign ourselves to a ‘new cold war’. The Labour leader, who has been roundly criticised for his failure to condemn the Kremlin over the nerve agent attack, defied critics in his own party and instead called for a calm response
The Korean War is the name given to a civil war between the nations of North Korea and South Korea, which were created out of the occupation zones of the Soviet Union and United States established at the end of World War II.The conflict began on June 25, 1950, and fighting continued until an armistice on July 27, 1953, although, since no official peace treaty was signed, the war …
This is one reason comparisons are being made with the Cold War – a period that began after the Second World War and lasted until the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.
Tensions are continuing to escalate between Russia and the UK, with experts claiming another cold war could be on its way
In 1807 Kars successfully resisted an attack by the Russian Empire.During a break between the Russian campaigns in the region conducted against the Ottomans, in 1821, commander-in-chief Abbas Mirza of Qajar Iran occupied Kars, further igniting the Ottoman-Persian War of 1821-1823.After another Russian siege in 1828 the city was surrendered by the Ottomans on June 23, 1828 to the Russian
The French invasion of Russia, known in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 (Russian: Отечественная война 1812 года Otechestvennaya Voyna 1812 Goda) and in France as the Russian Campaign (French: Campagne de Russie), began on 24 June 1812 when Napoleon’s Grande Armée crossed the Neman River in an attempt to engage and defeat the Russian …
