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11.02.2009, 14:03
Twenty years ago next Sunday, February 15, the last Soviet soldiers marched out of Afghanistan. The longest ‘hot’ conflict of the Cold war was over, but the spin wasn’t.
29.12.2008, 11:37
The British newspaper the Times has accused the ISAF, or NATO’s mission to Afghanistan, of indirectly helping the Taliban in Afghanistan.
14.02.2009, 11:58
It’s simple, graceful, and Russian: it's the balalaika! Its three magical strings touch the heart and they even helped one American soldier overcome the hardships of war in Afghanistan.
20.10.2010, 17:58
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Despite 50 years of US blockade, Cuba has somehow survived as one of the few remaining communist states. So is it worth keeping? RT looks at the pros and cons of the sanctions.
27.12.2009, 08:27
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Thirty years ago thousands of Soviet troops were deployed to Afghanistan. Within a few days they launched a special operation storming the Presidential palace and toppling the then-Afghan leader.
14.05.2010, 07:20
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After NATO was formed in 1949, the Soviet Union built up its own military alliance, the Warsaw Pact. The Soviet Union and seven European socialist states joined the treaty on May 14, 1955.
07.06.2009, 04:49
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Thousands of people gathered in Normandy to commemorate the sixty-fifth anniversary of the D-Day landings.
08.10.2010, 01:14
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October 7th marked nine years since the United States initiated “Operation Enduring Freedom” in Afghanistan following the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City.
01.09.2009, 20:58
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“There’s possibly some guilt [for the invasion of Poland] on the Russian side and on the British and French side, but in general it’s definitely Germany,” Reinhard Krumm, an expert on Eastern European history, told RT.
06.08.2009, 14:44
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Despite all diplomatic efforts the US has undertaken to dissuade Israel from striking Iranian nuclear facilities, the attack now seems virtually inevitable.
Published: 15 February, 2009, 09:59
It is twenty years since Soviet troops pulled out of Afghanistan. 14,000 Russians and more than a million Afghans were killed in the nine-year war, but these losses failed to secure peace in Afghanistan.
