As I write this now, two of the biggest constituent states of the old Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Ukraine and Russia, are preparing to go to war. But as these two former siblings stare ...

The rat that helped win the Cold War. ... subterfuge and intelligence, a look at how the CIA used dead rats to send secret messages in the former Soviet Union. Monday, June 3, 2019 ...

Growing up in Leningrad, Putin fended off rats with a stick in his apartment building, and never forgot how one fought back fiercely when forced into a corner. He vowed to do the same in any ...

How a Soviet swamp rat scheme for Azerbaijan went horribly wrong. 12 November 2024. Share Save. ... The decades following the 1930s were a time of audacious experimentation in the Soviet Union's ...