Source link Some of the existing sculptures represent “Bolshevik propaganda,” officials said Ukraine’s leading World War II history museum will remove Soviet-era monuments as part of the ongoing push to erase centuries-old ties to Russia. “The museum space must get rid of the Soviet narrative, which has been used for decades to promote the myth […]
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Putin terminates Soviet-era fishing deal with UK — RT Business News
Source link Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that ends a longstanding agreement with the UK allowing British vessels to fish in the Barents Sea. The document was published on Russia’s official website for legal information on Monday. The legislation withdraws from a deal signed by the governments of the USSR, the UK, […]
Soviet-era statesman Nikolay Ryzhkov dies — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
Source link The 94-year-old politician had resigned his parliamentary position last September Soviet statesman Nikolay Ryzhkov has died aged 94, less than five months after resigning from the upper chamber of the Russian parliament. He was a senior cabinet member of the USSR in its final decade, who was tasked with tackling the 1986 Chernobyl […]
Russia tears up Soviet-era fishing agreement with UK — RT Business News
Source link British fishermen will be banned from operating in the Barents Sea, one of the world’s largest fisheries for cod and haddock, under new legislation passed by the lower house of Russia’s parliament, the State Duma, on Wednesday. The bill, which rescinds an agreement signed between the governments of the USSR, the UK, and […]
India launches ‘Amini,’ a reincarnation of Soviet-era warship — RT India
Source link State-owned shipbuilder has delivered fourth of 16 anti-submarine vessels for the country’s navy India’s state-owned defense shipbuilder has launched INS Amini, an Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC) built for the country’s navy. The vessel, named after a Lakshadweep archipelago island of “strategic maritime importance,” is the fourth in a series of eight […]