As the Soviet Union fractures—Baltic independence, the Vilnius crackdown, and rising opposition—Sobchak wins the 1991 mayoral election and Leningrad becomes Saint Petersburg again. Hardliners launch ...
MINSK, 25 June (BelTA) – After the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO's existence was no longer justified, historian Yevgeny Spitsyn said in the latest episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on ...