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"City Under Ice": NASA Discovers Secret US Military Base 100 Feat Beneath Greenland Ice Sheet
The discovery was made in April, when a NASA Gulfstream III aircraft flew over the area, revealing the remnants of Camp Century, a long-abandoned Cold War-era military base.
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Mysterious Soviet Era Radio Signal Transmitting For 40 Years Baffles Scientists
There are numerous theories around the radio transmission. The frequency is thought to belong to the Russian military, though they've never actually admitted this.
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US Says China Helping Russia In Biggest Defense Expansion Since Soviet Era
China is helping Russia undertake its biggest military expansion since Soviet times, US officials said Friday, stepping up public pressure as concerns rise over Ukraine.
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Scientists Concerned About Humanity's Impact On Moon, Say It Has Entered A New Era
Moon has been impacted by human activity since 1959, when Soviet Union's unmanned spacecraft Luna 2 touched down on on its surface.
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Vladimir Putin's Big Muscles And Russian Attack On US Capitol: Russia's Bizarre 2024 Calendar
In the image for November, the Russian forces are depicted attacking the US Capitol in Washington, DC.
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Russia To Launch Lunar Mission This Week, First In Nearly 5 Decades
Russia said Monday it plans to launch a lunar lander later this week after multiple delays, hoping to return to the Moon for the first time in nearly 50 years.
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"We Can't Be Broken": Ukraine Vows On Stalin Era's Famine Anniversary
President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Saturday that Ukraine would continue to resist Russian attacks, as the country marked the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor famine that affected millions of Ukrainians under Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
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Video: Ukrainian Government Adviser Claims Russia Has Taken Out Soviet-Era Tanks From Storage Amid War
Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's minister of internal affairs, shared the clip on Twitter and claimed that Russia has taken out more of its 50-year-old T-62 tanks from storage in order to deploy them in the Ukraine war.
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Timeline: The Gorbachev Era And The Collapse Of The Soviet Union
Here is a timeline of some key events over the nearly seven years that Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday at age 91, held power in the Soviet Union.
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Coronavirus: Russia's 2020 Car Sales May See A Slump As Bad As It Was Around The Fall Of The USSR
Tough coronavirus-related measures coupled with the devaluation of the rouble and a big drop in personal incomes could see Russian car sales slump to levels seen around the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, market participants and experts said.
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Makers Of AK-47 Showcases New Electric Car 'CV-1', Plans To Take On Tesla
Kalashnikov, the makers of the famous (or infamous) AK-47 Assault Rifle has just showcased a new electric car. Yes, you read that right. Called the CV-1, the 'supercar' as claimed by the machine gun maker was unveiled in Moscow yesterday. Based on the body of the IZh 21252 Kombi, a Soviet era station wagon from the 1970s, the new CV-1 plans to take...
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Russia Hosts Soviet-Style Youth Festival As Putin Woos Under-30s
Russian President Vladimir Putin is on Sunday expected to speak at a youth festival launched in the Soviet era, in his latest effort to appeal to young Russians ahead of the presidential election next year
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Russia Set To Repay Soviet Union Era Foreign Debt
A quarter of a century after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia is finally set to pay off all the foreign debt it inherited from the vanished Communist empire. Keen to establish a reputation of a reliable borrower - despite Western financial sanctions over the Ukraine conflict -Moscow announced last week it would pay off $125.2 million in Soviet-...
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'An Old Friend Better Than 2 New Ones': PM Modi After Putin Meet
"One old friend is better than two new ones," said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, using an old Russian proverb to describe the solid, seven decade long friendship with Moscow, dating back to the Soviet era, after the two leaders held summit-level talks on the sidelines of the BRICS meeting in Goa today.
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Boeing CEO Vows To Beat Musk To Mars As New Space Race Beckons
Boeing once helped the U.S. beat the Soviet Union in the race to the moon. Now the company intends to go toe-to-toe with newcomers such as billionaire Elon Musk in the next era of space exploration and commerce.
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"City Under Ice": NASA Discovers Secret US Military Base 100 Feat Beneath Greenland Ice Sheet
The discovery was made in April, when a NASA Gulfstream III aircraft flew over the area, revealing the remnants of Camp Century, a long-abandoned Cold War-era military base.
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Mysterious Soviet Era Radio Signal Transmitting For 40 Years Baffles Scientists
There are numerous theories around the radio transmission. The frequency is thought to belong to the Russian military, though they've never actually admitted this.
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US Says China Helping Russia In Biggest Defense Expansion Since Soviet Era
China is helping Russia undertake its biggest military expansion since Soviet times, US officials said Friday, stepping up public pressure as concerns rise over Ukraine.
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Scientists Concerned About Humanity's Impact On Moon, Say It Has Entered A New Era
Moon has been impacted by human activity since 1959, when Soviet Union's unmanned spacecraft Luna 2 touched down on on its surface.
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Vladimir Putin's Big Muscles And Russian Attack On US Capitol: Russia's Bizarre 2024 Calendar
In the image for November, the Russian forces are depicted attacking the US Capitol in Washington, DC.
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Russia To Launch Lunar Mission This Week, First In Nearly 5 Decades
Russia said Monday it plans to launch a lunar lander later this week after multiple delays, hoping to return to the Moon for the first time in nearly 50 years.
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"We Can't Be Broken": Ukraine Vows On Stalin Era's Famine Anniversary
President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Saturday that Ukraine would continue to resist Russian attacks, as the country marked the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor famine that affected millions of Ukrainians under Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
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Video: Ukrainian Government Adviser Claims Russia Has Taken Out Soviet-Era Tanks From Storage Amid War
Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's minister of internal affairs, shared the clip on Twitter and claimed that Russia has taken out more of its 50-year-old T-62 tanks from storage in order to deploy them in the Ukraine war.
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Timeline: The Gorbachev Era And The Collapse Of The Soviet Union
Here is a timeline of some key events over the nearly seven years that Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday at age 91, held power in the Soviet Union.
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Coronavirus: Russia's 2020 Car Sales May See A Slump As Bad As It Was Around The Fall Of The USSR
Tough coronavirus-related measures coupled with the devaluation of the rouble and a big drop in personal incomes could see Russian car sales slump to levels seen around the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, market participants and experts said.
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Makers Of AK-47 Showcases New Electric Car 'CV-1', Plans To Take On Tesla
Kalashnikov, the makers of the famous (or infamous) AK-47 Assault Rifle has just showcased a new electric car. Yes, you read that right. Called the CV-1, the 'supercar' as claimed by the machine gun maker was unveiled in Moscow yesterday. Based on the body of the IZh 21252 Kombi, a Soviet era station wagon from the 1970s, the new CV-1 plans to take...
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Russia Hosts Soviet-Style Youth Festival As Putin Woos Under-30s
Russian President Vladimir Putin is on Sunday expected to speak at a youth festival launched in the Soviet era, in his latest effort to appeal to young Russians ahead of the presidential election next year
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Russia Set To Repay Soviet Union Era Foreign Debt
A quarter of a century after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia is finally set to pay off all the foreign debt it inherited from the vanished Communist empire. Keen to establish a reputation of a reliable borrower - despite Western financial sanctions over the Ukraine conflict -Moscow announced last week it would pay off $125.2 million in Soviet-...
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'An Old Friend Better Than 2 New Ones': PM Modi After Putin Meet
"One old friend is better than two new ones," said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, using an old Russian proverb to describe the solid, seven decade long friendship with Moscow, dating back to the Soviet era, after the two leaders held summit-level talks on the sidelines of the BRICS meeting in Goa today.
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Boeing CEO Vows To Beat Musk To Mars As New Space Race Beckons
Boeing once helped the U.S. beat the Soviet Union in the race to the moon. Now the company intends to go toe-to-toe with newcomers such as billionaire Elon Musk in the next era of space exploration and commerce.
