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On Thursday’s broadcast of “CBS Mornings,” Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall III stated that his concerns are “China, China, China.” And that China is “more severe of a competitor than the Soviet Union was.” Co-host Gayle King asked, “What do

China’s state-run Global Times on Wednesday chose to eulogize Mikhail Gorbachev, the final leader of the Soviet Union, by calling him “naive and immature” for “cozying up” to the Western world instead of using an iron fist to hold his empire together.

The New York Times continues its long history of whitewashing communists by carrying a torch for Mikhail Gorbachev and leaving the other side of the story in the dark.

The Latvian government has gone ahead with the demolition of a Soviet-era war memorial in the capital city of Riga this week, the latest Soviet monument to be destroyed since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Estonia’s government said Tuesday it has decided to remove a Soviet-era monument from public space in an eastern border town.

A supermarket chain’s decision to sell food products styled after a former communist dictatorship has sparked anger from critics.

Robert C. McFarlane served his country in actual combat in Vietnam and later in political combat in three White Houses, where he helped defeat the “evil empire” without firing a single shot. He deserves to be remembered as a hero, not as a left-wing media target.

A number of public representatives have warned that the European Union is heading towards super-statehood as a result of recent recommendations which would see the bloc seize many powers from national governments.

J.K. Rowling has compared the current climate of fear surrounding the discussion of transgender issues to communism in the Soviet Union.

Ukrainian forces have recaptured the shattered remains of the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world’s largest aircraft, as Russian troops retreat from the Kyiv (Kiev) region.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) – A drone that apparently flew undetected over several NATO countries all the way from the Ukrainian war zone crashed overnight on the outskirts of the Croatian capital, Zagreb, triggering a loud blast but causing no injuries, Croatian authorities said Friday.

Ireland’s Minister for the Environment appears to have momentarily forgotten who exactly the arch-nemesis of the western world is this week, telling reporters that Europe needs to stop importing fuel from the ‘USSR’.

Vladimir Putin wants to re-create the “empire of fear” of the Soviet Union, a Lithuanian MP told Breitbart News.

The sole working Antonov-225 Cossack was confirmed lost but — perhaps remarkably — the Ukrainian government has vowed to rebuild. 

Viewed from Paris, London and Washington, the events unfolding in Ukraine may seem like a new Cold War taking shape in Europe.

Wolfgang Schwanitz, the former head of Communist East-Germany’s infamous secret police, the Stasi, has died aged 91.

The Ukrainian Catholic Bishop for Britain said this week that Vladimir Putin’s interest in Ukraine stems from his desire to bring back the Soviet Union.

Michael Savage said Biden is “wagging the dog” by entering into a potentially major conflict with Russia and the U.S. has “zero national interest” in Ukraine.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast,” Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) argued that China poses a bigger threat to the world than the Soviet Union did during the Cold War. Host David Asman asked, “Is

Lawmakers from Russia’s nationalist Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) on Monday submitted a bill that would declare the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 to be “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th Century.”

In an interview airing on Russian state media Sunday, Vladimir Putin waxed nostalgic for the Soviet empire, describing the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 as the death of “historical Russia.”

A Chinese company called Beijing Skyrizon Aviation Industry Investment announced a $4.5 billion lawsuit against the Ukrainian government on Monday, posing a significant legal and financial menace to Kyiv even as Russian military pressure builds along the eastern border.

A Lithuanian MP said “communism is a plague” after the latest round of threats from Beijing over the opening of a de-facto Taiwan embassy.

Boris Johnson quoted communist dictator Vladimir Lenin to promote his Build Back Better green agenda in a speech on Monday.

The Democrats wanted to put all questions of Saule Omarova’s ties to communism off the table as xenophobic “Red baiting.” Senator Kennedy was not deterred.

Cornell Univerity Professor Saule Omarova is President Joe Biden’s pick to oversee banking despite her radical academic writings.

Viktor Orbán drew battle lines against the Hungarian left, their international backers in the European Union and foreign press, and Big Tech in a passionate, wide-ranging speech commemorating the 1956 uprising against the country’s then-communist puppet government.

Saule Omarova, President Joe Biden’s pick as Comptroller of the Currency, previously authored a thesis on Marxism, the only copy of which has reportedly been destroyed by Moscow State University.

“We are small but we are tough,” a Lithuanian MP has told Breitbart News after Communist China recalled its ambassador from the country.

Lithuania will not be “intimidated” by China on its decision to open a de facto Taiwanese embassy, a leading MP has told Breitbart News.

Modern history provides troubling proof that loss of liberty is preceded by disarmament of citizens. This week, the most obvious example is right before our eyes as we watch the Cuban people pleading for freedom. 

A flag of the Soviet Union (USSR), a copy of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf and other material was found at the home of an arrested man.

“Demonising vaccine ‘refuseniks’ is pointless and wrong,” argues a piece in Reaction. But this is what is happening in Britain right now: the Boris Johnson administration’s powerful propaganda machine is ramping up the pressure to get the entire country vaccinated and vaccine “refuseniks” are in the government’s crosshairs.

Ukraine marked the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster Monday, remembering those lost attempting to contain the eruption of nuclear waste at the meltdown site and seeking a rightful place in history for the still-irradiated region destroyed by the incident.

Just as Jimmy Carter was played by the Soviet Union in the SALT II agreement, Joe Biden is getting played by China in his climate agreement.

China’s state-run Global Times on Monday offered support to Russia and its authoritarian ruler, Vladimir Putin, musing the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 was a “geopolitical disaster” for which the West has never offered Moscow sufficient condolences.