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Soviet Union

February 20, 2025

Dozens of dissenters held as psychiatric patients in Russia: Lawyers

According to the lawyers and human rights groups, this has turned into a trend that has gathered pace since the start of the war in Ukraine.

November 30, 2023

Celebrated U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger dies at 100

The top Republican was widely revered for his diplomatic skills that saw him transform U.S. foreign policy tactics for years.

February 21, 2023

West preparing Ukraine for big conflict without restraint: Putin

According to Mr Putin, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the West is not abandoning attempts to “incite” the former Soviet countries.

Russian President, Vladimir Putin
October 23, 2022

Buhari regime exploring Russian investment to resuscitate Ajaokuta Steel: Envoy

Mr Shehu noted that it would be wiser to engage the Russian company that had an understanding of the setting up of the steel plant to resuscitate it.

AJAOKUTA STEEL COMPANY
October 10, 2022

Moldova says Russia’s Ukraine-bound missiles violated its airspace 

The government of Moldova is accusing Russia of airspace violations during missile launches on Ukrainian positions from ships in the Black Sea.

October 7, 2022

Admirers pray for good health as Putin clocks 70

Supporters said Mr Putin saved Russia from destruction by an arrogant and aggressive West.

Russian President Vladimir Putin
August 31, 2022

Buhari mourns ex-Soviet leader Gorbachev

He affirmed that late Mr Gorbachev was a remarkable gentleman whose reformist agenda had fundamentally changed Soviet society.

President Muhammadu Buhari and Mikhail Gorbachev
August 30, 2022

Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies in Moscow at 91

He led the Soviet Union from 1985 until it was dissolved in 1991 after he introduced several social and economic reforms that were more popular abroad than at home.

Gorbachev
August 25, 2022

Russia kills 22 Ukrainians on Ukraine’s independence day

Russian shelling of the Chaplyne train station in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region killed at least 22 people on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Russian troops in Kazakhstan
August 11, 2022

Nuclear disaster looms with Russia’s occupation of Zaporizhzhya: Zelensky

He said that Russia is a terrorist state that is holding the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant hostage and using it for blackmail.

Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky