2020
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Vor 14 Stunden · When Mikhail Gorbachev visited the UK in late 1984 and met Thatcher, the future Soviet premier received briefing documents from the KGB in London. Gordievsky became, unbeknown to the USSR, a kind of secret middleman, paving the way for Thatcher’s famous remark: “I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together.”
Vor 14 Stunden · With restrained use of dramatic reconstructions, the series tells the gripping stories of three double agents: Gordievsky, whose intelligence helped Thatcher to forge a relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev; MI5 officer Michael Bettaney; and the CIA’S Aldrich Ames. It also provides political context, conjuring the paranoia of the times: an aide to Reagan recalls the President and Nancy ...
Vor 14 Stunden · The truth about Vostok-6 came to light after 40 years, when Valentina Tereshkova, now a powerful icon of Russian politics, decided to speak out, thanks to Mikhail Gorbachev’s policy of glasnost (openness). Her flight, which was supposed to last 24 h, was extended to three days because the capsule was in danger of being shot up and lost in ...
Vor 14 Stunden · RU. Internet TLD. .ru. .рф. Russia, [b] or the Russian Federation, [c] is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. [d] It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country.
Vor 14 Stunden · Following the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1989-1991, US Secretary of State James Baker promised Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev that if Moscow accepted Germany’s reunification, NATO would not move “one inch eastwards” into countries which had belonged to the Soviet bloc. While there were no written guarantees of this pledge, reassurances were given by the German Chancellor Helmut ...
Vor 14 Stunden · In 1990, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was given assurances that NATO wouldn’t expand toward Russia’s borders. In response to this, the Warsaw Pact was disbanded in 1991.
Vor 14 Stunden · Ukrainian Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk reported on May 8 that Russian forces launched 21 Shahed-136/131 drones and 55 missiles, including 45 Kh-101/555 cruise missiles, four Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles, two Iskander-M ballistic missiles, an Iskander-K ballistic missile, two Kh-59/69 cruise missiles, and a Kh ...
