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Putin's main goal is to restore the Soviet Union – Zelenskyy

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Vladimir Putin's ultimate goal is to restore the Soviet Union, warning that Moscow's ambitions extend beyond Ukraine, according to comments published on the Ukrainian President's official Telegram channel on June 19.

19 June, 03:35 PM

Poland preparing lawsuit against Russia for Soviet-era reparations

Poland is preparing a legal claim seeking reparations from Russia for crimes and losses inflicted during decades of Soviet domination, a far-reaching investigation that will exceed the scope of its earlier demand for 1.3 trillion euros ($1.5 trillion) from Germany over World War II, the Financial Times reported on Feb. 17.

17 February, 04:01 PM

Romanian expansion: Metinvest eyes EU assets, begins process to acquire plant in Iasi

Ukraine’s Metinvest Group plans to take full control of ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Iasi S.A. in Romania as part of a potential EU expansion, according to a European Commission filing dated Oct. 29.

31 October 2025, 10:34 AM

Back to shortages: Russia eyes Soviet-style food price controls

Russia’s government is preparing to reintroduce strict price controls on basic food products in an effort to contain inflation fueled by a poor harvest and soaring wartime spending, The Moscow Times reported on July 30.

31 July 2025, 11:56 AM

Senior White House aide conceals Soviet lineage

Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office Sergio Gor was born in 1986 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, then part of the Soviet Union, according to a report by the Times of Malta and Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) on July 8.

8 July 2025, 08:49 PM

Dutch parliament recognizes 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars as genocide

The lower house of the Dutch Parliament has passed Resolution No. 2259, officially recognizing the 1944 Soviet deportation of Crimean Tatars as genocide under modern international standards, Ukraine’s Parliament reported on June 21.

21 June 2025, 04:00 PM

Putin’s circle revives USSR narrative to exclude Western peace mediators — ISW

Russian officials claim Soviet Union legal continuity, therefore laying the groundwork to reject Western involvement in peace negotiations aimed at ending Russia’s war against Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on May 21.

22 May 2025, 11:00 AM

How and why Lenin and the Bolsheviks tried to replace the holiday with May Day — and what came of it

The Soviet regime believed religion was “the opium of the people,” and Easter — the most potent and dangerous dose. Determined to replace it, Soviet authorities attempted to impose their own “Red Easters,” stripped of any connection to the Church or centuries-old traditions.

20 April 2025, 01:42 PM

Gold for bread? How Bolsheviks looted churches over 100 years ago while promising to feed the hungry

In March 1922, authorities in Ukraine began seizing valuable religious relics from churches “for the benefit of the people.” The Bolsheviks were following Lenin’s February decree, which claimed that the funds collected would be used to fight famine.

25 March 2025, 11:51 AM

Ukraine’s Expo Center plans Soviet-era museum

The National Expo Center of Ukraine, known as the VDNG, is inviting experts to research its history and ideological roots as a Soviet-era space, a project that will underpin the creation of a Museum of Monumental Propaganda.

21 March 2025, 02:39 PM

Why Ukrainian embraces feminine nouns while Russian resists them

The use of feminine nouns (femininitives) is often seen as a defining characteristic of the Ukrainian language, but how does it compare to Russian? Linguist Olena Synchak, an associate professor at the Department of Philology at the Ukrainian Catholic University and compiler of the Web Dictionary of Feminine Ukrainian Nouns, addressed this question in an interview with NV.

18 February 2025, 11:34 AM

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