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Moscow\u2019s secrecy about a suspected plague case follows a pattern from the Soviet era

Baltimore Sun 09 Oct 2026
The suspicious death of a worker at a research lab in Siberia has fueled global concerns ....
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Chinese sculpture honoring Soviet sculptor handed over in Russia

ECNS 09 Oct 2026
(Photo. Yu Ziheng). (ECNS) — A Chinese sculptor's commemorative portrait of Soviet sculptor Nikolai Klindukhov was handed over at the Russian Academy of Arts on Thursday, marking 70 years since Klindukhov arrived in China to teach ... (By Zhang Dongfang).
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Suspected plague case highlights Russia’s inherited Soviet-era culture of secrecy

Magic Valley 09 Oct 2026
The suspicious death last week of a worker at a research lab in Siberia that has fueled global concerns about suspected pneumonic plague is just the latest example of how Russia manages the official narrative. The Kremlin has long maintained ... .
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Soviet cinema perfume: How fragrances from the screen became coveted dreams

Pravda 09 Oct 2026
In Soviet cinema, a bottle of perfume often served as a stark indicator of social status or a pivotal emotional turning point in the narrative ... An accord of rose, jasmine, and spices functioned as a standard marker of attention ... ....
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Too useful to die: Russias post-Soviet project gets an Iranian boost

Bahrain News 09 Oct 2026
Long dismissed as a relic, the CIS is finding fresh momentum in trade, transport ...
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Historian to examine Soviet victory over Nazi Germany during history roundtable

Herald Banner 09 Oct 2026
The Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum will host a historian specializing in Soviet history for an Oct. 22 program examining one of the most consequential conflicts of World War II. × This page requires Javascript ... ....
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Moscow's secrecy about a suspected plague case follows a pattern from the Soviet era

Newsday 09 Oct 2026
International news outlets reported the massive campaign, but Soviet state media kept silent about it ... details of what happened were hidden from the public until the waning years of the Soviet Union.
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A dead Soviet satellite just broke apart in orbit (again). Experts say it's part of 'a worrying trend'

Space 09 Oct 2026
An old Soviet satellite has fragmented into multiple pieces in low Earth orbit, the latest in a string of recent breakup events that suggest satellites may be facing an increased risk of debris impacts.
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Moscow's secrecy about suspected plague case follows pattern from Soviet era

Naharnet 09 Oct 2026
Scarce official information about the worker's death, which unconfirmed reports in Russia blamed on pneumonic plague, follows the Soviet-era patterns of secrecy in dealing with outbreaks of infectious diseases, accidents and other emergencies.
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Did the Soviet Union really fire a cannon from a space station?

Space 09 Oct 2026
At the height of the Cold War, one particularly unusual early application for space warfare was pursued by the Soviet Union, which involved mounting a rapid-fire cannon aboard a secret military space station.
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Anti-Zionism Is an Old Soviet Plot

National Review 08 Oct 2026
Keffiyeh-clad activists turned on Zohran Mamdani yesterday, but he bore up under the heckling. These are his people, after all, and they’re doing the work ....
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Russian lab worker's plague-linked death raises questions as Soviet files detail bioweapons cover-up

The Daily Mail 08 Oct 2026
Hidden files have exposed how the Soviet Union spent decades covering up its building building and stockpiling of biological weapons, as experts raise concerns after Russia lab plague death ....
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Russia glosses over dark Soviet past in reinvented museum

Morgan Citizen 07 Oct 2026
In a Moscow museum that once housed evidence of Stalin-era repression, serene family scenes flickered on a screen as a narrator hailed the tranquility of pre-World War II life in the Soviet Union ... .
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