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Russian President Vladimir Putin in Red Square, Moscow, Russia with St. Basil’s in the background. Photo: Reuters


A Must-Have Man

A Must-Have Man

In Moscow, you cannot miss visiting the Red Square. It will be a coincidence if you go there in October. This month marks the centennial anniversary of the “October Revolution”, which shook the last century and the world. The orchestrator of that revolution, Vladimir...
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Helmut Kohl stands hand in hand with former French President Francois Mitterrand during a visit to the Verdun battlefield in 1984.
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The Man Who Wore the Mantle of History

The Man Who Wore the Mantle of History

Guests received an invitation to welcome the newcomer. As usual, feelings of anxiety surrounded the History Hotel. A fierce wave of anger swept through Joseph Stalin. He considered the invitation an insult. History is not a home to the elderly and not a retirement...
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Gen (retd) James Logan Jones, former US national security adviser, and the man that handed the memo to the then-chief of US military Admiral Michael Mullen, filed his statement in the Supreme Court on Saturday. PHOTO: AFP/FILE


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A woman waves a Russian flag as armed servicemen wait near Russian army vehicles outside a Ukrainian border guard post in the Crimean town of Balaclava March 1, 2014. Ukraine accused Russia on Saturday of sending thousands of extra troops to Crimea and placed its military in the area on high alert as the Black Sea peninsula appeared to slip beyond Kiev’s control. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (UKRAINE – Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)