We’ve all seen our share of crazy-pants conspiracy theories over the past decade, but they all pale in comparison to the dossier compiled by Yuriy Andropov’s KGB in 1978 during the run-up to the Moscow-held 1980 Olympics. The Top Secret report, “Concerning plans of Western intelligence services and foreign anti-Soviet organizations in connection with theContinueContinue reading “1978 KGB Classified Document Pushes Bizarre Warnings Ahead of 1980 Moscow Olympic Games”
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Ukrainian KGB Tries to Keep Track of Panicky Foreigners Days After the Chernobyl Disaster
On 26 April 1986, the landscape of Pripyat, in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, would change forever. Pripyat was home to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, whose Number 4 reactor exploded that day, setting off a chain of horrific events that would cause insurmountable damage and impact tens of thousands of innocent lives. Never oneContinueContinue reading “Ukrainian KGB Tries to Keep Track of Panicky Foreigners Days After the Chernobyl Disaster”
Whither Moldova? – Time for Deals: How Moldova Wound Up Between Trump and Putin – Carnegie Politika
Photo: Getty Images Today we bring another excellent piece from Carnegie Politika, from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP). Remember, if you’re interested in watching and learning about the history unfolding before your eyes, consider subscribing to CEIP’s news feeds or podcasts. We bring our unauthorized translations of Carnegie Politika’s excellent journalism to ourContinueContinue reading “Whither Moldova? – Time for Deals: How Moldova Wound Up Between Trump and Putin – Carnegie Politika”
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 32
29 October 1962 / Enciphered cable from Havana, from Alekseyev on his conversation with Fidel Castro TOP SECRET Reproduction prohibited Copy No. 12 6216/sh 30/X/62 Enciphered Cable [Translator’s note: Distribution for this cable is as follows: Brezhnev, Voronov, Kirilenko, Kozlov, Kosygin, Kuusinen, Mikoyan, Podgornyy, Polyanskiy, Suslov, Khrushchev, Khrushchev, Shvernik, Grishin, Rashidov, Mazurov, Mzhavanadze, Shcherbitskiy, Demichev,ContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 32”
Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 29
28 October 1962 / Extract from Protocol No. 63 of the Meeting of the TsK KPSS: Instructions to the Soviet Ambassador for a dialogue with Castro Communist Party of the Soviet Union. CENTRAL COMMITTEE TOP SECRET No. P63/IV To Comrades Khrushchev, Mikoyan, Gromyko Extract from protocol No. 63 of the meeting of the Presidium ofContinueContinue reading “Cuban Missile Crisis, Document 29”
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