Newsweek

Russian State TV Laments Loss of USSR—’A Soviet Miracle’

A discussion on Russian state television saw arguments praising the achievements of the Soviet Union and the value of dying in the war in Ukraine, with panelists trying to put Vladimir Putin's ...
Newsweek

Former Soviet Union Countries Are ‘Our Territory,’ Russian Academic Says

A Russian academic has said on state TV that nations that were part of the USSR should still be considered Russian territory. An excerpt of the broadcast was published on Twitter by The Daily Beast's ...
Libcom

Soviet Union, China and other Stalinisms - reading guide

Aufheben, 'What was the USSR?' Part I: Trotsky and state capitalism; Part II: Russia as a non-mode of production; Part III: Left communism and the Russian revolution; Part IV: Towards a theory of the ...
American Enterprise Institute

Russia’s War in Ukraine Is How the Soviet Union Finally Ends

Wars that are caused by people can also be caused by deep historical processes. For proof, look at the fighting in Ukraine. That conflict is the doing of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a ruler ...
The Conversation

Putin’s Russia: people increasingly identify with the Soviet Union – here’s what that means

Stephen Whitefield receives funding from ESRC, British Academy, John Fell Fund. ESRC, British Academy, John Fell Fund The view that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, wants to restore territories ...