As Brezhnev-style economic stagnation returns, there’s a familiar sense in Russia of a society that has outgrown an archaic political system. Russia’s current president seems ever more ...

Russia’s state bureaucracy devotes more and more resources to anticipating and fulfilling the president’s wishes. Some of the consequences of this increasingly autocratic system are self-evident.

He had destroyed the old system without creating ... and the 15 republics of the Soviet Union became independent—though few had the resources or political shrewdness to go it alone in any ...

The USSR's weakened military and economy following World War II saw an initial boost from communist politics and economic direction. However, soon this economic system could not compete on the ...

(photo credit: Danny Shem-Tov/Knesset Spokesperson’s Office) The political landscape in Israel among repatriates from the former USSR has undergone significant changes following the October 7 ...

In order to understand this history, one must understand the role the Gulag played in the Soviet system, which went beyond imprisoning criminals and political dissidents.”The Gulag served three ...